In this paper, we address a new technique for automatic construction of steel structure in high-rise buildings termed RCA system (Robotics & Crane based Automated Construction System). RCA system can be divided into four core systems: 1) Monitoring and control system, 2) Material assembly system, 3) Beam assembly system, 4) Construction Factory (CF) system. Through our research, we expect that ...

Low productivity has been a longstanding issue in the construction industry. A comprehensive remedy to this problem not only does require the adoption of improved construction methods and resource utilization, but also calls for a robust, effective, and standard protocol to measure productivity especially in complex and dynamic construction jobsites. Research has shown that activity-level produ...

A new automatic stratification method utilizing United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) geospatial Cropland Data Layers was recently implemented in NASS operations. Recent research findings indicated that using the automated stratification method significantly improved area sampling frame stratification accuracies in intensively cropped are...

Preliminary layout design of buildings has a substantial effect on the ultimate design of structural components and accordingly influences the construction cost. Exploring structurally efficient forms and shapes during the conceptual design stage of a project can also facilitate the optimum integrated design of buildings. This paper presents an automated method of determining column layout desi...

In this contribution we consider the construction and storage of hyperdocuments; converting scanned paper documents into hypertext. Hyperlink generation is automated by analyzing the image of the document. A number of document analysis tools are described. For the hyperlink detection the main contribution of this paper is the automated construction of links between the text and picture labels. ...

A particularly promising approach to the use of the Web for linguistic research is to build corpora via automated queries to search engines, retrieving and post-processing the pages found in this way (Ghani et al. 2003, Baroni and Bernardini 2004, Sharoff to appear). This approach differs from the traditional method of corpus construction, where one needs to spend considerable time finding and ...

Reactive behavioural models are well known to support the problem-oriented development of embedded systems. Rigorous modelling tools allow developers to verify models automatically and to generate executable code for system implementations. Moreover, as we will show, the expressive power of rigorous modelling notations can be exploited further by supporting automated views of implicit model pro...

BACKGROUND Synthetic biology aims to engineer biological systems for desired behaviors. The construction of these systems can be complex, often requiring genetic reprogramming, extensive de novo DNA synthesis, and functional screening. RESULTS Herein, we present a programmable, multipurpose microfluidic platform and associated software and apply the platform to major steps of the synthetic bi...