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Record W4417150931 · doi:10.3846/jcem.2025.24043

Autonomous modular construction strategy using robotized crane based on deep learning and reinforcement learning

2025· article· en· W4417150931 on OpenAlexaff
Xiao Pan, Fan Xie, Amir Ghahremani Baghmisheh

Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Civil Engineering and Management · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicBIM and Construction Integration
Canadian institutionsUniversity of British Columbia
Fundersnot available
KeywordsModular designReinforcement learningContainer (type theory)KinematicsRobotMotion planningField (mathematics)Modular construction

Abstract

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Modular construction offers significant advantages including faster construction time, higher quality control and less environmental impact. To further enhance its advantages, advanced robotic construction technologies are being developed. This research develops an automated modular construction framework that incorporates the robotic kinematics, deep learning and deep reinforcement learning using a robotized crane. The proposed modular construction strategy utilizes YOLOv5-S for modular container identification and localization. An improved proximal policy optimization (PPO-I) is developed and implemented in this strategy for collision-free three-dimensional (3D) lifting path planning and modular container transportation. States and rewards of the PPO-I and robot kinematics design of a real mobile crane are developed. The feasibility of the proposed modular construction strategy is verified through four case studies in 3D virtual environments. More than 97% success rate is observed meaning that the proposed strategy can be implemented in the robotized crane to localize the modular container and transport it to the target position with collision avoidance. The results indicate the potential of the proposed robotic-assisted modular construction strategy in the field of automated construction.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.007
Threshold uncertainty score0.015

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.005
GPT teacher head0.195
Teacher spread0.191 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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