AI and Robotics in Construction: HumanTech's first workshop at the ERF 2023
We have held our first workshop at the European Robotics Forum 2023, the most influential meeting of the robotics community in Europe, initiative of euRobotics. Colleagues from seven partner organisations travelled to Odense, Denmark, to participate in our workshop 'AI and Robotics in Construction', which we organised with our sister projects BEEYONDERS and RoBétArmé, and share their vision on the impact innovation, digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics can have on the building sector.
Present and future of AI and robotics in construction
The workshop started with a presentation on the insights on the European Commission's aims in the scope of AI and robotics in construction by Dimitrios Biliouris, Project Adviser at the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA).
Afterwards, our project coordinator, Jason Rambach, and the ones of our sister projects, Dimitrios Giakoumis and Antonio Alonso Cepeda, shared the ambitions of the three projects, part of the European Commission's Horizon Europe programme. In addition, they discussed the potential benefits of AI and robotics for achieving automation in construction, based on the technological advances and research activities we are carrying out to accelerate the digitalisation of the industry.
In his intervention, Jason explained the human-centred technologies we are developing — from robotic devices to wearables and dynamic semantic digital twins — to enable a safer, greener, more efficient, rewarding and digital work environment for a new generation of highly skilled construction workers and engineers.
Our colleagues Fernando Sigchos (European Builders Confederation) and Patrick Roth (Implenia), together with Jonas Bentzen (Christiansen & Essenbæk A/S), examined the potential opportunities and challenges of incorporating AI and robotics into construction sites from the end users' point of view.
Finally, Bharath Sankaran (Naska.AI), Gabor Sziebig (SINTEF), Jose Carlos Jiménez Fernández (Tecnalia), Mads Essenbæk (Christiansen & Essenbæk A/S) and Antidio Viguria Jiménez (FADA CATEC) had an insightful panel discussion on the added value of robots and AI on construction projects and feedback round with the attendees.
The session was a great success, with around 100 attendees filling the room. Researchers, engineers, innovators, entrepreneurs, industry leaders, public officials and professionals from all over Europe had the opportunity to explore how public, industrial, and scientific organisations are collaborating to create a better European building industry through innovation in robotics and AI.
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