Fischer: Automated Construction Site Sensing Only Emerged Recently
Martin Fischer · a16z Podcast | Construction Under Tech -- The Build · Jan 2, 2019 · at 9:01
Martin Fischer, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, discusses the historical absence of automated sensing tools on construction sites prior to recent technological developments.
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“The big difference really in the last two years has been the ability to sense what's going on on a construction site. That's something we have never had in the history of construction, right?”
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