Jarrod Reedie
The Australian Research Council has given more than half a million dollars in funding to an interdisciplinary research team looking to improve the quality and productivity of the construction industry using robotic technology.
Led by Monash University professor Yu Bai, a modular and robotic construction expert, the team from seven Australian universities will look to develop a one-of-a-kind facility centred on structural assembly and construction automation.
It will feature a flexible and adaptive design, and space for a team of collaborative robotics, in an interactive environment to achieve automated prefabrication, assembly and building.
The outcomes are expected to transform the current labour-intensive construction industry to one that uses highly automated and accurate prefabrication processes, with significant benefits to the economy and worker safety.