Resource availability – another option.  The article by  Chelsea Mistretta reflects on research taking place at the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management – food for thought!!!!

COMING SOON: Human-Drone Teams Working On Construction Sites

What if instead of humankind fearing robots taking over, we work together for a better future?

This is what Dr. Masoud Gheisari, an assistant professor at the University of Florida’s M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management, thought when the National Science Foundation awarded him and his collaborators a $750,000 grant as part of their National Robotics Initiative 2.0: Ubiquitous Collaborative Robots (NRI-2.0). This initiative supports fundamental research that will accelerate the development and use of collaborative robots (co-robots).