IIT MADRAS HOSTS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS IN CONSTRUCTION

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is hosting the 40th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2023) from 3rd to 9th July 2023

The Symposium is being participated by hundreds of experts from academia, industry, policymaking organizations, and other stakeholders related to the construction industry from across the world. Close to a 100 research papers and posters from academics from all over the globe will be presented and discussed at the conference. This prestigious conference, considered to be the pre-eminent event in the construction sector globally in this area, is coming to India only for the second time in its history. The event is being coordinated by the Institute of Eminence Research Initiative Project on ‘Technologies for Low-Carbon Lean-Construction’ (TLC2), Building Technology and Construction Management Group in the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras. Addressing the workshop today (5th July 2023), Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, said, “IIT Madras is proud to host the ISARC as it comes back to India. From the Indian perspective, our infrastructure is growing at an exponential pace. There are three important things - speed, accuracy and safety. We are expecting a lot more in these areas from the construction sector and this is where a technologies like 5G, Sensors and other data acquisition systems can make construction a lot more reliable and faster. Over a period of time, IIT Madras has been nurturing many start-ups that are working in multiple areas of automation and robotics”