Cynthia Brosque
Cynthia Brosque received her Bachelor's degree in Architecture from Universidad ORT Uruguay in 2016. In 2019 she received a Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering and her Ph.D. in 2022 from Stanford University. Her doctoral research under Prof. Martin Fischer focused on construction robotics and automation. Her work has developed a Robotics Evaluation Framework through more than 20 industry case studies matching robots with General Contractors to help construction innovators determine the safety, quality, schedule, and cost impacts of deploying robots on their projects. She developed a new course in Construction Robotics in 2021 (CEE 327) at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Her research interests include human-robot collaboration and design for robotic construction methods. Since August 2022 she has joined SafeAI, a start-up focusing on heavy-vehicle automation to increase productivity and safety in Construction and Mining.
Adjunct Lecturer CEE 327: Construction Robotics
CIFE Seed Research:
Design for Robotics in Construction
Leveraging Human-Robot Collaboration in Construction (Continuation)
Leveraging Human-Robot Collaboration in Construction
Validating the Robotics Evaluation Framework
Robotics Evaluation Framework - 2nd Year
Research Publications:
Huang,H., Brosque, C., Tono, A., Agrawal, A., Fischer, M., Exploring a Design for Robotic Construction approach: two case studies matching robot and construction design features. Proceedings of the 2023 European Conference on Computing in Construction and the 40th International CIB W78 Conference (2023) doi: 10.35490/EC3.2023.202
Brosque, C., Hawkins, J.T., Dong, T. et al. Comparison of on-site and off-site robot solutions to the traditional framing and drywall installation tasks. Constr Robot 7, 19–39 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-023-00093-8
Brosque M., C. (2022) A construction robot evaluation framework. Doctoral Dissertation submitted to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Stanford University. https://purl.stanford.edu/gj772cx6353
Brosque, C., Fischer, M. Safety, quality, schedule, and cost impacts of ten construction robots. Constr Robot 6, 163–186 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-022-00072-5
Brosque, C., Fischer, M. A robot evaluation framework comparing on-site robots with traditional construction methods. Constr Robot 6, 187–206 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-022-00073-4
Brosque, C. and Fischer, M. (2022) Project-based curriculum for teaching construction robotics. In ISARC. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (Vol. 39, pp. 582-589) IAARC Publications. doi: 10.22260/ISARC2022/0082
Galbally, E., Piedra, A., Brosque, C., Khatib, O. “Elly: A Real-Time Failure Recovery and Data Collection System for Robotic Manipulation”, arXiv, Robotics cs.RO, 2208.11845 (2022). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.11845
Herrero, E.G., Piedra, A., Brosque, C., Khatib, O. (2022). Parametrization of Compliant, Object-Level Controllers from Human Demonstrations. In: Altuzarra, O., Kecskeméthy, A. (eds) Advances in Robot Kinematics 2022. ARK 2022. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08140-8_42
Brosque, C., Skeie, G., and Fischer, M. “Comparative Analysis of Manual and Robotic Concrete Drilling for Installation Hangers”, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management American Society of Civil Engineers, 147 (3), 16. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0002002
Brosque, C., Herrero, E. G., Chen, Y., Joshi, R., Khatib, O., & Fischer, M. (2021). Collaborative Welding and Joint Sealing Robots With Haptic Feedback. In ISARC. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (Vol. 38, pp. 1-8). IAARC Publications. https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2021/0003
Brosque, C., Skeie, G., Örn, J., Jacobson, J., Lau, T., and Fischer, M. "Comparison of Construction Robots and Traditional Methods for Drilling, Drywall, and Layout Tasks," 2020 International Congress on Human-Computer Interaction, Optimization and Robotic Applications (HORA), Ankara, Turkey, 2020, pp. 1-14, doi: 10.1109/HORA49412.2020.9152871.
C. Brosque, E. Galbally, O. Khatib and M. Fischer, "Human-Robot Collaboration in Construction: Opportunities and Challenges," 2020 International Congress on Human-Computer Interaction, Optimization and Robotic Applications (HORA), Ankara, Turkey, 2020, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/HORA49412.2020.9152888