Construction Magazine August 2020 | Page 45

Laser scanning solutions are also provided by Oracle partner Faro ( famous for its work with Boston Dynamics on the payments robot Spot ). “ We ’ ve been working with one of their robots on site since April ,” reveals Kaplanoglu . “ It goes to a location , it scans the site , it climbs up the stairs , goes to the second level , stops in a location , scans the site , goes to another location and so on … So , we now have automated laser scanning .” Kaplanoglu maintains this is not about robots versus humans but about automating repetitive tasks requiring multiple tripod set ups . “ We believe robots can be a complimentary labour force allowing humans to do what they ’ re best at . We ’ re testing more ways of outsourcing other repetitive or highrisk tasks for more agile operations . As the industry progresses more towards fully remote operations 5G will be vital to ensure low latency for this type of real-time data capture .”
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