Design, Construction and Planning
Smart Industrialized Design and Construction (IDC) Lab (Smart IDC Lab)
Led by Aladdin Alwisy · Construction Management
What we study
The lab studies how robotics and digital tools can make building construction faster, safer, and more sustainable. They develop systems like robotic material supply and debris management to improve industrialized construction.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Building & testing
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Fully Autonomous Material Supply Station (AMSS)
A system that precisely stores and supplies wood and steel studs for robotic assembly.
Stepped Integrated Debris Management System (S-IDMS)
A technology that captures over 99% of debris from robotic cutting using airflow.
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Teaching Robotics for Construction Industries
The lab reviews existing robotics education studies to find gaps for construction use. It analyzes teaching methods and theories, identifies limitations, and recommends frameworks tailored to industrial construction. Students will help evaluate and suggest educational strategies.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 394
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Socio-industrial analysis of cross-sector robotics adoption obstacles for light-gauge steel construction
2026 · Engineering Construction & Architectural Management
Looks at why robotics aren't used more in steel construction.
- Occlusion analysis for human-robot collaboration in assembly-based panel prefabrication of industrialized construction
2026 · Journal of Building Engineering
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- Comparing Vulnerability to Adverse Events in Construction Processes Performed by Human–Robot Collaboration and Traditional Crews: A Case Study in Drywall Finishing
2026 · Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Tests whether robot teams reduce risks in drywall finishing.
- Advancing robotic automation in wood-framed construction using vision-driven adaptive control
2026 · Automation in Construction
- Semantic interoperability framework for digital twin-based virtual commissioning of robotic assembly in industrialized construction
2026 · Automation in Construction
Plain-language summaries are AI-written and reviewed by us; check the paper for details.
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