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Research

Application, Platform, and Translation

The Center connects application settings, technology platforms, and translation mechanisms as one continuous reading path.

Applications

  • Low-altitude Economy
  • Smart Cities

Platforms

  • Large-scale Urban Digital Twins and Spatial Modeling
  • Urban Digital Infrastructure and Twin Platforms

Translation

  • Joint Laboratories
  • Collaborative Innovation

Research Tracks

AI Agents for Construction Safety and Site Intelligence

From field capture to decision execution, this track focuses on Safety GPT, risk recognition, video-based site inspection, and automated reporting.

Methods and Systems
  • Risk recognition workflows grounded in construction safety data
  • Video-based site inspection and automated reporting pipelines
Scenarios
  • Construction safety inspection on active sites
  • Automated compliance and risk reporting for project teams

Multimodal Data Fusion for Scan-to-BIM and Progress Intelligence

This track integrates scans, point clouds, imagery, and BIM/CAD models for progress tracking, scan-vs-BIM comparison, automated analysis, and reporting.

Methods and Systems
  • Scan-vs-BIM comparison across point clouds and BIM/CAD models
  • Multimodal fusion for progress analysis and documentation
Scenarios
  • Progress tracking for large-scale construction projects
  • As-built versus design comparison for engineering records

Urban Gas Infrastructure Mapping and Operations

This track develops handheld scanning, SLAM, point-cloud segmentation, and pipe image segmentation for urban gas infrastructure mapping and maintenance.

Methods and Systems
  • Handheld scanning and SLAM for infrastructure capture
  • Point-cloud and pipe-image segmentation for asset identification
Scenarios
  • Urban gas pipeline mapping in dense city environments
  • Operations and maintenance support for city infrastructure assets

Robotic Systems for Urban Construction and Maintenance

This track develops self-built hardware, multi-terminal integration, and autonomous indoor/outdoor navigation for robotic construction and maintenance systems.

Methods and Systems
  • Self-built robotic hardware and multi-terminal integration
  • Autonomous indoor and outdoor navigation for field execution
Scenarios
  • Urban construction assistance in constrained sites
  • Operations and maintenance tasks in built environments