The University of Wisconsin-Madison is employing the work of a unique robot dog at the Kellner Family Athletic Center’s construction site near Camp Randall.
The robot is a part of a study led by Zhenhua Zhu, an assistant professor in the Engineering school and director of UW-Madison’s Digital and Robotic Construction team, to see how robots could support construction workers by performing repetitive, time-consuming or hazardous tasks, such as site scanning and progress monitoring.
Zhu’s research initiative works to increase jobsite safety and avoid human casualties. In 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the construction industry was responsible for roughly one in five workplace deaths…