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Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to review the dramatic entry of robotics into the field of architecture and construction.
Design/methodology/approach
– Discussions with worldwide researchers in the field of applying robotics to architecture applications and attendance at the 2014 Rob-Arch Conference at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Findings
– Robots are enabling many new and innovative methodologies for architecture design and implementation, as well as construction.
Practical implications
– Readers may be very surprised at the many tasks that robots are already tackling in enabling innovation to reach out to architectural design and implementation.
Originality/value
– A review of a wide range of the applications of robots worldwide to architectural innovation.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2014
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