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A Systematic Review of the Geographic and Chronological Distributions of 3D Concrete Printers from 1997 to 2020 (2020-10)

10.22260/isarc2020/0014

 Chung Jihoon, Lee Ghang,  Kim Jung-Hoon
Contribution - Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction

Abstract

Although several previous studies have reviewed 3DCPs, they have been based on few cases and do not include the latest 3DCPs. This study analyzed 139 academic papers and 98 types of three-dimensional concrete printers (3DCPs) developed from 1997 to 2020 through a systematic literature review. A chronological distribution analysis showed that the number of papers and printers suddenly increased after 2012. Most papers (89%) and 3DCPs (86%) were produced from 2012 to 2020. A geographic distribution analysis showed that while Switzerland published more papers than the US, the latter developed more than twice as many 3DCPs than Switzerland. The difference is attributed to who led the development: the industry (US) or academia (Switzerland). Among nozzle-traveling 3DCPs, gantry and cable-suspended platforms were the most common types for some time, but the robotic arm type has spread considerably in the last five years. Since 2013, mobile and collaborative 3DCPs have also increased.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{chun_lee_kim.2020.ASRotGaCDo3CPf1t2,
  author            = "Jihoon Chung and Ghang Lee and Jung-Hoon Kim",
  title             = "A Systematic Review of the Geographic and Chronological Distributions of 3D Concrete Printers from 1997 to 2020",
  doi               = "10.22260/isarc2020/0014",
  year              = "2020",
  booktitle         = "Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction: From Demonstration to Practical Use - To New Stage of Construction Robot",
  editor            = "Hisashi Osumi",
}
Formatted Citation

J. Chung, G. Lee and J.-H. Kim, “A Systematic Review of the Geographic and Chronological Distributions of 3D Concrete Printers from 1997 to 2020”, in Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction: From Demonstration to Practical Use - To New Stage of Construction Robot, 2020. doi: 10.22260/isarc2020/0014.

Chung, Jihoon, Ghang Lee, and Jung-Hoon Kim. “A Systematic Review of the Geographic and Chronological Distributions of 3D Concrete Printers from 1997 to 2020”. In Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction: From Demonstration to Practical Use - To New Stage of Construction Robot, edited by Hisashi Osumi, 2020. https://doi.org/10.22260/isarc2020/0014.