How Adopting New Technology Could Help the Construction Industry

For humans, construction jobs are laborious, often coming with long hours and hazardous conditions. But the adoption of new technology could help ease the burden of workers, according to Architect Magazine. Automated machines, or robots, can help carry out more difficult or dangerous tasks and keep workers safe. Some areas of the construction industry have already begun the process of implementing new technology into their daily work, but there is still a lot that has yet to be explored when it comes to automated machines. Regardless, they do not appear to be going away any time soon. Between 2023, the U.S. construction robot market is expected to grow by 17.5%.

These innovations all require human intervention, therefore offering to reduce the physical toil, tedium, and danger of construction work without measurably displacing human labor. Construction robotics raises valid questions about the optimal approaches for human-machine interaction, increased training requirements, and privacy implications of continuous monitoring and surveillance.

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