The Research of Automatic Concrete Placing

Construction is a dynamic process that is becoming increasingly complex. Today?s construction industry is a highly diversified operating in a complex society. Concrete placing is one the most laboring activities in each construction job-site. How to improve the placing productivity with automatic technique will be an effective study. This paper is trying to present a study result, based on a three years? research relating with automatic concrete placing. The final suggestion of this research, which will be presented in this paper still needs to keep forward for its real application. This paper will introduce the following topics: the research approach and initial condition of this study, the investigation and analysis of concrete productivity, the original concept of automatic concrete placing, the suggestion and conclusion of this study. The purpose of this paper?s presentation is trying to motivate more and more people involve to the research and development (R&D) domain of construction automation.