How human-robot collaboration impacts construction productivity: An agent-based multi-fidelity modeling approach

Minghui Wu, Jia-Rui Lin, Xin-Hao Zhang

Abstract: Highlights•An agent-based multi-fidelity approach is proposed to simulate and evaluate impacts of human-robot collaboration (HRC) on construction productivity.•Twofold influence of HRC on productivity, namely the supplement strategy on the worker side, and the design for proactive interaction on the robot side, are fully investigated.•The supplement strategy has significant influence on productivity, which is complicated due to the internal competition among robots for the limited time of workers.•More robots and workers can improve productivity, even if the human-robot ratio remains the same.•Introducing proactive interaction between robots and workers can improve productivity significantly up to 22%.