Key Publications

Special Issue on Construction and Built Environment edited by Prof.Dr.-Ing/Univ. Tokio Thomas Bock.

In: Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics Vol.28 No.2 Apr. 2016, ISSN: 0915-3942.

Automation, robotics, services evolution of large-scale mass customization in the Japanese building industry.

In: Mass Customisation and Personalisation in Architecture and Construction: A Compendium of Customer-centric Strategies for the Built Environment , Edited by P. A.E. Piroozfar & F. T. Piller, London & New York: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis Group, June 2013, pp. 154-163.

Robot oriented construction management.

In: Mass Customisation and Personalisation in Architecture and Construction: A Compendium of Customer-centric Strategies for the Built Environment , Edited by P. A.E. Piroozfar & F. T. Piller, London & New York: Routledge/ Taylor & Francis Group, June 2013, pp. 114-127.

Towards a Vision Controlled Robotic Home Environment.

Journal of Automation in Construction: Special Issue, ISSN: "0926-5805, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2013.06.010, Elsevier, July, 2013.

Advanced Construction and Building Technology for Society.

Proceedings of the CIBW119 CIC 2012 Workshop, CIB-IAARC Commission, (ed.) T. Bock, C. Georgoulas, T. Linner, October, 2012.  

An AmI Environment Implementation: Embedding TurtleBot into a novel Robotic Service Wall.

Proceedings of 7th German Conference on Robotics (ROBOTIK) .

Evolution of large-scale Industrialization and Service - Innovation in Japanese Prefabrication Industry.

Journal of Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management.

Exoskeleton and Humanoid Robotic Technology in Construction and Built Environment.

The Future of Humanoid Robots: Research and Applications.

Systematic development of a complex personal health assistance system explained by the example of GEWOS activity furniture.

Proceedings of the 5th Deutscher AAL Kongress.

Automatisierung und Robotik im Bauen

Wendepunkt|e im Bauen Von der seriellen zur digitalen Architektur.

Demographic Change Robotics.

Introduction to Modern Robotics.

Robotic and Ubiquitous Technologies for Welfare Habitat.

Journal of Habitat Engineering.

Robotic High-Rise Construction of Pagoda Concept: innovative earthquake-proof Design for the Tokyo Sky Tree.

Proceedings of CTBUH 2011 World Conference, Seoul, Korea. October 2011.

Ubiquitous Life Support Systems for an Ageing Society in Japan.

Ambient Assisted Living: Advanced Technologies and Societal Change.

Automation and Robotics in On-site Production and Urban Mining.

New Perspective in Industrialization in Construction – A State-of-the-Art Report.

Construction Robotics

Autonomous Robots Journal.

Automatisierung und Robotik im Bauen.

Arch+ Zeitschrift für Architektur und Städtebau.