TY - GEN
T1 - Equipment Teleoperation and Its Impacts on Future Worker and Workforce in Construction
T2 - Construction Research Congress 2024, CRC 2024
AU - Rasheed, Usman
AU - Cai, Jiannan
AU - Xu, Xiaohong
AU - Hu, Yuqing
AU - Li, Shuai
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 ASCE.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Heavy equipment is crucial for construction work and depends on skilled operators to ensure productivity and safety. The inclusion of robotics and its applications, particularly teleoperation, has the potential to revolutionize the construction industry. Via semi-structured interviews, this research explores the current practice of equipment automation technology adoption, potential needs, and benefits on equipment teleoperation, as well as its impacts on workforce diversity. The study highlights the significance of equipment teleoperation on increasing work safety and worker comfort, as well as its importance in improving workforce diversity and reducing labor shortage. With technology limitations being identified as a main barrier to practical adoption, the research also emphasizes the need for user-inspired and worker-centered teleoperation and automation technologies to facilitate implementation in practice. The study contributes to the development of future teleoperation technology by identifying the needs of construction professionals and the potential impacts on both construction work and workers.
AB - Heavy equipment is crucial for construction work and depends on skilled operators to ensure productivity and safety. The inclusion of robotics and its applications, particularly teleoperation, has the potential to revolutionize the construction industry. Via semi-structured interviews, this research explores the current practice of equipment automation technology adoption, potential needs, and benefits on equipment teleoperation, as well as its impacts on workforce diversity. The study highlights the significance of equipment teleoperation on increasing work safety and worker comfort, as well as its importance in improving workforce diversity and reducing labor shortage. With technology limitations being identified as a main barrier to practical adoption, the research also emphasizes the need for user-inspired and worker-centered teleoperation and automation technologies to facilitate implementation in practice. The study contributes to the development of future teleoperation technology by identifying the needs of construction professionals and the potential impacts on both construction work and workers.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784485262.086
DO - 10.1061/9780784485262.086
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85188670405
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2024, CRC 2024
SP - 846
EP - 855
BT - Advanced Technologies, Automation, and Computer Applications in Construction
A2 - Shane, Jennifer S.
A2 - Madson, Katherine M.
A2 - Mo, Yunjeong
A2 - Poleacovschi, Cristina
A2 - Sturgill, Roy E.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Y2 - 20 March 2024 through 23 March 2024
ER -