The construction industry is one of the most unfamiliar
R&D fields in the robotics and automation community.
Nevertheless, the construction industry is one of
the oldest and largest economic sectors. The construction industry’s
contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) in
industrialized countries is about 7-10%, including 2.7 M enterprises
in the European Union (EU) [1]. This is comparable
with the manufacturing industry but with double the investment
in R&D for manufacturing [2]. Today, it is evident that
the level of automation in construction is very low in comparison
with current technological advances. This is why all the
actors (researchers, companies, and administrations) must
make new efforts to increase the automation level of this important
sector [3].