Automated Construction by Contour Crafting (2003-11)¶

Related Robotics and Information Technologies

10.1016/j.autcon.2003.08.012

Khoshnevis Behrokh
Journal Article - Automation in Construction, Vol. 13, Iss. 1, pp. 5-19

Abstract

Although automation has advanced in manufacturing, the growth ofautomation in construction has been slow. Conventional methods ofmanufacturing automation do not lend themselves to construction oflarge structures with internal features. This may explain the slow rate ofgrowth in construction automation. Contour crafting (CC) is a recent layered fabrication technology that has a great potential in automated construction ofwhole structures as well as subcomponents. Using this process, a single house or a colony of houses, each with possibly a different design, may be automatically constructed in a single run, imbedded in each house all the conduits for electrical, plumbing and air-conditioning. Our research also addresses the application of CC in building habitats on other planets. CC will most probably be one of the very few feasible approaches for building structures on other planets, such as Moon and Mars, which are being targeted for human colonization before the end of the new century.

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BibTeX

@article{khos.2004.ACbCC,
  author            = "Behrokh Khoshnevis",
  title             = "Automated Construction by Contour Crafting: Related Robotics and Information Technologies",
  doi               = "10.1016/j.autcon.2003.08.012",
  year              = "2004",
  journal           = "Automation in Construction",
  volume            = "13",
  number            = "1",
  pages             = "5--19",
}

Formatted Citation

IEEE

B. Khoshnevis, “Automated Construction by Contour Crafting: Related Robotics and Information Technologies”, Automation in Construction, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 5–19, 2004, doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2003.08.012.

CMOS

Khoshnevis, Behrokh. “Automated Construction by Contour Crafting: Related Robotics and Information Technologies”. Automation in Construction 13, no. 1 (2004): 5–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2003.08.012.