Automation and robotics in construction: International research and achievements

An overview of the results of the 25th anniversary International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC-2008), held for first time in Lithuania, is presented in this article. Also, for the first time, the Symposium was organized in joint with the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB). This article is a survey of the plenary session presentations. Further it surveys the articles in the now-published Special Issue based on the proceedings papers from ISARC-2008 as well as the ones published in different scientific journals.