12. High Performance Tracking Control of Automated Slewing Cranes 187
Frank Palis and Stefan Palis
13. Enhancing Facility Management Using RFID and Web Technology in Construction 199
Yu-Cheng Lin
14. Improving Human-Machine Interfaces for Construction Equipment Operations with
Mixed and Augmented Reality
211
Xiangyu Wang
15. An Active Technology for Improving the Sound Transmission Loss of Glazed
Facades
225
Berardo Naticchia, Alessandro Carbonari and Sara Spadoni
Case Studies in Robotics and Automation in Construction
16. Development of Adaptive Construction Structure by Variable Geometry Truss 253
Fumihiro Inoue
17. Robotic Excavation 273
Ahmad Hemami
18. Development of a Semi-Automated Cost-Effective Facade Cleaning System 295
Ernesto Gambao, Miguel Hernando and Dragoljub Surdilovic
19. Design and Feasibility Verification of a Knee Assistive Exoskeleton System
for Construction Workers
307
SeungNam Yu, SeungHoon Lee, HeeDon Lee and ChangSoo Han
20. A Robot Application for Analysis, Survey and Conservation of Historical
Architectures
329
Michela Cigola and Marco Ceccarelli
21. Performance Tests for Wireless Real-time Localization Systems to Improve
Mobile Robot Navigation in Various Indoor Environments
355
Yong K. Cho, Jong-Hoon Youn and Nam Pham
22. Laser Energy Transmission for a Wireless Energy Supply to Robots 373
Nobuki Kawashima and Kazuya Takeda
23. Advanced Control Schemes for Cement Fabrication Processes 381
Susana Arad, Victor Arad and Bogdan Bobora