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The objective of this paper is to explore opportunities to improve quality, affordability and energy efficiency of industrialized housing in the United States. The paper presents current research efforts at the University of Central Florida to develop a conceptual model for building homes in the 21st century. The model is a fully-automated facility that employs a number of advanced information and manufacturing technologies. This paper describes the 21st century manufacturing facility, its layout and operation, the automation building blocks that are required and likely impacts.
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Elshennawy, A.K., Mullens, M.A., Swart, W.W., Chandra, S. (1991). A Model for the Factory of the Future for Industrialized Housing. In: Dwivedi, S.N., Verma, A.K., Sneckenberger, J.E. (eds) CAD/CAM Robotics and Factories of the Future ’90. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58214-1_9
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