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Record W7117460599 · doi:10.1108/ecam-04-2025-0550

Human-centered design and development framework for autonomous inspection robot systems in Lean Construction 4.0

2025· article· en· W7117460599 on OpenAlex
Zhong Wang, Qipei Mei, Gaang Lee, Thomas Bock, Vicente A. Gonzalez

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A frame that forgets how it found something cannot be audited. These are the routes that admitted this work.

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Bibliographic record

VenueEngineering Construction & Architectural Management · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicInnovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Alberta
Fundersnot available
KeywordsAgile software developmentRobotAdaptabilityValue stream mappingHazardous wasteAgile manufacturingLean manufacturing

Abstract

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Purpose The construction industry is undergoing a transformation driven by the need to optimize workflow, maximize value and eliminate waste – principles outlined in the transformation-flow-value (TFV) model, widely regarded as the theoretical cornerstone of Lean Construction. Lean Construction 4.0 builds upon these principles by integrating advanced technologies and digitalization to create a more efficient, responsive and human-centered construction process. Within this context, autonomous inspection robot systems hold immense potential to transform the construction industry by automating essential tasks that are often hazardous and non-value-adding. Design/methodology/approach This paper introduces a human-centered design framework for autonomous inspection robot systems, which is validated through a case study, addressing the need for human-centered design, value-driven development, adaptability and information flow management in robot-driven system development. Findings A case study demonstrates the framework's application, showing that the robot inspection system significantly improved usability, enhanced information flow efficiency, minimized human involvement in hazardous inspection tasks and increased value generation. Originality/value The framework integrates principles of human-centered design, lean startup methodology and agile development, guiding developers through four distinct phases: empathize and define, ideate and prototype, develop and deploy and monitor and improve.

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Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.425
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

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 head0.016
GPT teacher head0.239
Teacher spread0.223 · 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