Construction and Robotics Building a Foundation: Expert

Construction is waiting for the rise of robotics, but mechanical helpers are already here.

Procore director of business development for the marketplace Kris Lengieza addressed an audience of construction professionals recently at Procore Technologies latest Connectseries event and said while robotics and technology will change the industry, it may also rattle people’s assumptions.

Lengieza said it’s commonly thought robots will working the field to address an ongoing labour shortage, the role of robotics will be more subtle.

“Where I think robots are going to show up immediately and are already starting to show up is in data collection, having (a robot) go out in the field and collect information, take photos, collect concrete samples,” he said.

“Then it’s going to be things like moving material around, and we already see autonomous trucking.