Publications / 2000 Proceedings of the 17th ISARC, Taipei, Taiwan
In this article the results of an opinion poll analysing the basic attitude of the German building industry towards automation in construction are presented. Based on general fields of applications for automatic control engineering in building industry, chances and obstacles are pointed out and a possible trend of future building automation is investigated. It was from special interest, which potentials can be used with respect to automation and rationalisation of the building industry and which obstacles are opposed to an intensified application of these technologies. Finally, the possibilities and obstacles of automation are described by the example of assembling of suspended ceilings. Different solutions to automate this process are evaluated regarding their building site fitness.