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Elsevier

Announcement

The Tenth International Symposium on Automation

and Robotics in Construction
ISARC

Houston, TX, USA, May 24-26, 1993

Purpose - Automatic Locating

The purpose of the Symposium is to exchange - Graphical Simulation
information on the state of the art and future - Economic Evaluation and Opportunity Identi-
direction of construction automation. The moti- fication
vation for construction automation will be re-ex- - Intelligent and Autonomous Controls Systems
amined in a series of opening day sessions involv- - End Effector Design
ing panel discussions and talks by world-re- - Multi-Functional Systems
nowned researchers in construction automation - Obstacle and Collision Avoidance
to answer the following questions: Why auto- - Ergonomics
mate?; Where are we now?; and, Where are we - Social Issues
going? The remaining sessions will focus on two Integration in Design and Simulation
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themes: (a) enabling technologies for construc- - Quality and Productivity Evaluation
tion automation and robotics, and (b) field appli-
cations and pertinent studies. Field Applications:
- Industrial Construction
Topics - Building and Institutional Construction
Participants are welcome to contribute written - Heavy Construction
papers on the topics of enabling technologies and - Housing Construction
applied automated systems in construction. These - Road Construction
topics cover a wide range of research and prac- Hazardous Waste Remediation
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tice on robotics in construction as shown by the

example list below. All accepted papers will be For further information please contact:
published in a bound edition of the proceedings. The S e c r e t a r i a t - - T e n t h I S A R C
Construction Industry Institute
Enabling Technologies: 3208 Red River, Suite 300
- Dynamic Control Austin, T X 78705-2650, USA
- Design of Large-Scale Manipulators Tel: (512) 345-0270
- External Sensing Fax: (512) 499-8101

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