ITcon Vol. 30, pg. 352-374, http://www.itcon.org/2025/15

Integration of 4D BIM and Robot Task Planning: Creation and Flow of Construction-Related Information for Action-Level Simulation of Indoor Wall Frame Installation

DOI:10.36680/j.itcon.2025.015
submitted:April 2024
revised:February 2025
published:March 2025
editor(s):Turk Ž
authors:Hafiz Oyediran, PhD Candidate
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, USA
hoyediran2@huskers.unl.edu

William Turner, Graduate Research Assistant
The School of Computing, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA
william.turner@huskers.unl.edu

Kyungki Kim, Assistant Professor (corresponding author)
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, USA
kkim13@unl.edu

Matthew Barrows, Assistant Professor of Practice
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, USA
mbarrows@unl.edu
summary:An obstacle toward construction robotization is the lack of methods to plan robot operations within the entire construction planning process. Despite the strength in modeling construction site conditions, 4D BIM technologies cannot perform construction robot task planning considering the contexts of given work environments. To address this limitation, this study presents a framework that integrates 4D BIM and robot task planning, presents an information flow for the integration, and performs high-level robot task planning and detailed simulation. The framework uniquely incorporates a construction robot knowledge base that derives robot-related modeling requirements to augment a 4D BIM model. Then, the 4D BIM model is converted into a robot simulation world where a robot performs a sequence of actions retrieving construction-related information. A case study focusing on the interior wall frame installation demonstrates the potential of systematic integration in achieving context-aware robot task planning and simulation in construction environments. The proposed framework can potentially be utilized by construction managers and planners to plan robot operations considering the construction situation.
keywords:Building information building (BIM), 4D BIM, construction planning, system integration, information flow, knowledge base, construction robotics, robot task planning, robot operating system (ROS), robot simulation
full text: (PDF file, 2.409 MB)
citation:Oyediran H, Turner W, Kim K, Barrows M (2025). Integration of 4D BIM and Robot Task Planning: Creation and Flow of Construction-Related Information for Action-Level Simulation of Indoor Wall Frame Installation, ITcon Vol. 30, pg. 352-374, https://doi.org/10.36680/j.itcon.2025.015
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