With the technology surging ahead, automation is revolutionising the construction industry in many ways. Robotics will make your job quicker and easier in a league to increase productivity. Though automation will reduce the time taken for several tasks, you’ll need humans to measure it meticulously. For that, you need to know how to hire good construction workers.
In several decades, the construction industry has evolved a lot, and it could change even further. After all, change is the law of life. Ok, without going deeper into this philosophy, let’s come to the point. Completing the project as soon as possible is the ultimate goal of the construction industry. Hence, we’ve listed down 5 ways automation will help you to complete your project quickly.
- Robotics can build walls
Yes, that’s true. The autonomous bricklaying robots are capable of building walls straight from a 3D CAD model without human intervention. It employs an intelligent control system which calculates necessary materials and moving of bricklaying.
You can load the bricks in the equipment, it will use the internal saw to cut in the required size and transport it through a telescopic boom. It is applied with adhesive and placed with precision. It dries more quickly and gets harder than done by humans. The impressive part is that robots can work under the stars and moon (at night) also, allowing you to complete your work much faster.
- Autonomous vehicles do not need any operator
When a few automakers were working on auto-driven cars, autonomous equipment was already a part of construction robotics. Such conveyance will help you to transport supplies from one place to another.
Many companies have made an electric load carrier to carry heavy loads and transport it without any additional input. Instead of any operator, it employs a digital logistics-driven control technology. It detects humans and obstacles while the carrier moves. It’s not intended to replace manual labour, but it will surely enhance the work efficiency and safety, eliminating human error.
- Imaging technology to replace supervisors
Drones and robotics using sensors can provide you vital information about your construction site, which typically supervisors do. Along with artificial intelligence, it can detect the undone tasks.
It will help you to scan the progress of your ongoing project by traversing the construction site. Whatever information it will collect will then be used to detect potential faults and issues. Cloud will store the collected data, where you can recognise and access minute details. It will also allow you to correct the errors and revise the issues.
- Remotely access to construction robotics
Though technology has come to your aid, humans will still need to be in the loop to combine the strengths of human supervision with robotics. There are several semi-autonomous vehicles that your project managers can use to deliver instructions to their workers spontaneously.
You can operate some technologies remotely, which are controlled by mobile devices. There are painting drones that work like this though an app.
- Robots conduct inspections
No matter the construction project has just started or is in the mid or completed, site and surrounding area needs proper investigation. According to the conventional methods, project managers and supervisors take a walk on the construction site to conduct final inspections. But with the introduction of robotics and drones, surveillance and assessment of worksite don’t require any human.
Aerial drones and ground-based robots walk around the site and gather multiple types of data, depending on the sensors used. You can even see a live feed of captured video from the drone. So, your project managers can remotely access the job site and that too accurately.
What’s the future of construction robots due to COVID-19?
When it comes to technology for the construction industry, it’s still at the inception stage of change. So far, it was promising, but only time will reveal the actual future of construction robots. But due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the future of construction robots looks hopeful. The impact of the virus is massive, so many construction companies are slowly moving towards automation.
The automation surge is likely to affect routine occupations. That means it’s not a piece of great news for the nation’s panicky workers.
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