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20232026
most citedNatural Language Instructions for Intuitive Human Interaction with Robotic Assistants in Field Construction Work

53 citations · 112 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

cs.RO2026

Advancing Improvisation in Human-Robot Construction Collaboration: Taxonomy and Research Roadmap

David Wireko Atibila, Vineet R. Kamat, Carol C. Menassa

The construction industry faces productivity stagnation, skilled labor shortages, and safety concerns. While robotic automation offers solutions, construction robots struggle to ad…

cs.RO2025

Feasibility of Embodied Dynamics Based Bayesian Learning for Continuous Pursuit Motion Control of Assistive Mobile Robots in the Built Environment

Xiaoshan Zhou, Carol C. Menassa, Vineet R. Kamat

Non-invasive electroencephalography (EEG)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) offer an intuitive means for individuals with severe motor impairments to independently operate ass…

cs.RO2025

Generalizable Skill Learning for Construction Robots with Crowdsourced Natural Language Instructions, Composable Skills Standardization, and Large Language Model

Hongrui Yu, Vineet R. Kamat, Carol C. Menassa

The quasi-repetitive nature of construction work and the resulting lack of generalizability in programming construction robots presents persistent challenges to the broad adoption…

cs.RO2025

Siamese Network with Dual Attention for EEG-Driven Social Learning: Bridging the Human-Robot Gap in Long-Tail Autonomous Driving

Xiaoshan Zhou, Carol C. Menassa, Vineet R. Kamat

Robots with wheeled, quadrupedal, or humanoid forms are increasingly integrated into built environments. However, unlike human social learning, they lack a critical pathway for int…

cs.RO2025

Interoceptive Robots for Convergent Shared Control in Collaborative Construction Work

Xiaoshan Zhou, Carol C. Menassa, Vineet R. Kamat

Building autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) with optimized efficiency and adaptive capabilities-able to respond to changing task demands and dynamic environments-is a strongly desired…

cs.HC2024

Biologically Inspired Predictive Coding TCN-Transformer for Anticipatory Human-Robot Interaction in Shared Physical Spaces

Xiaoshan Zhou, Carol C. Menassa, Vineet R. Kamat

As mobile robots increasingly operate in environments shared with humans, proactively anticipating human motion rather than responding reactively is critical for preempting collisi…

cs.RO2024

Integrating Large Language Models with Multimodal Virtual Reality Interfaces to Support Collaborative Human-Robot Construction Work

Somin Park, Carol C. Menassa, Vineet R. Kamat

In the construction industry, where work environments are complex, unstructured and often dangerous, the implementation of Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) is emerging as a promisin…

cs.RO2023★ 11 cited

Cloud-Based Hierarchical Imitation Learning for Scalable Transfer of Construction Skills from Human Workers to Assisting Robots

Hongrui Yu, Vineet R. Kamat, Carol C. Menassa

Assigning repetitive and physically-demanding construction tasks to robots can alleviate human workers's exposure to occupational injuries. Transferring necessary dexterous and ada…

cs.RO2023★ 53 cited

Natural Language Instructions for Intuitive Human Interaction with Robotic Assistants in Field Construction Work

Somin Park, Xi Wang, Carol C. Menassa +2

The introduction of robots is widely considered to have significant potential of alleviating the issues of worker shortage and stagnant productivity that afflict the construction i…

cs.RO2023★ 48 cited

Enabling Building Information Model-Driven Human-Robot Collaborative Construction Workflows with Closed-Loop Digital Twins

Xi Wang, Hongrui Yu, Wes McGee +2

The introduction of assistive construction robots can significantly alleviate physical demands on construction workers while enhancing both the productivity and safety of construct…