Resilience in Construction Robotics and Human-Robot Teams for Industrialised Construction

Recent conversations in the built environment have been centered on the need for the built environment to be resilient and responsive. This has become imperative due to recent shock events such as the pandemics, which has revealed the sector's vulnerability in the face of shock events. However, sectors cannot be resilient and responsive when systems, processes and workflows are not built to be resilient. This paper, therefore, brings to the fore issues on the resilience of construction robotics, indicators for resilience in construction robotics, and why resilience is inevitable. Through a PRISMA construed systematic literature review, the paper links different theories and concepts from the social sciences and engineering to answer its applicability to the research objectives for built environment resilience. The study's findings inspire further conversations on the resilience of emerging digital technologies for the fourth industrial revolution and their potential to achieve a resilient and responsive AEC sector.