The following article reviews past and current tendencies and derives and describes opportunities for future construction
automation that go beyond the current notion of construction automation. Various indicators suggest
that conventional construction methodology has reached its limits. An overlay of S-curves can be used to describe
the relationship between the stagnation and technical limits of conventional construction and the initiation, development,
and growth of new strategies and technologies of construction automation. Although approaches of
construction automation are still in an innovation or seed phase, it can be expected thatwith continued effort put
into research and development these approachesmay soon enter into the growth phase and encounter adoption
on a larger scale. Furthermore, the article shows that over time, the ability of robot systems has grown, allowing
them to work more andmore in comparably unstructured environments as well as to be deployed in numerous
and diverse fields. Currently, it can already be observed that construction automation technology, STCR approaches,
service robot systems, and othermicrosystems technology aremergingwith the built environment, becoming
inherent elements of buildings, building components, and building furniture.