APPLICATION OF AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS IN CONSTRUCTION WORK EXECUTION

In this paper are in particular presented the results of the survey on the usage of automation and robotics technologies in construction work execution by Slovak contractors. The results of the questionnaire developed within the survey pointed out some notable aspects in terms of the current usage of automation and robotics systems in the Slovak construction industry and offered some implications related to the future advance in this scope within the country. Moreover, the paper mentions the benefits of automation and robotics technologies application during construction work execution and in brief gathers the factors that form barriers to more substantial use of the technologies in the sites.