Publications / 1998 Proceedings of the 15th ISARC, Munchen, Germany
Changes in construction processes are opening the way for automation and robotics. Also, research in this sector is now seeing a more structured approach through the efforts of European Union central funding bodies and those in individual countries.The diversity of applications and many specWc issues such as navigation, vision, etc. make the integration oy research programmes very diffIcult, but significant progress has been made, and a selection oy notable develoyments across the EU are presented here.