AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

This article addresses the following questions: What is automated and robotic equipment? What can automated and robotic equipment contribute? What are possible applications for this equipment? How do automation and robotics relate to computer-aided design (CAD) and intelligent transportation systems? What is slowing the introduction of automation and robotic equipment? Will automation and robotic equipment be introduced in the near future? What are the implications of these changes for the future work force?

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/trnews/trnews176.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This article is one of five in this issue of TR News that focus on automation and robotics in highway design, construction, and maintenance.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Hendrickson, C
• Publication Date: 1995-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 2-3
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 176
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Computer aided design; Construction equipment; Highway design; Highway maintenance; Intelligent transportation systems; Maintenance equipment; Road construction; Robotics
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00675208
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 6 1995 12:00AM