The 1st Seminar on Physical AI in Construction
The Project Research "Architectural WLC Research" of the Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, together with the Research Institute of Architecture, will hold the following seminar.
Admission is free, and the seminar will be held both in person and online. We warmly welcome your participation.
The 1st Seminar on Physical AI in Construction
Japan's rapidly shrinking workforce is causing labor shortages across many industries, and the shortage is especially severe in the building industry. Labor shortages caused by population decline are a challenge shared by all developed countries. In response, the introduction of robots, including humanoid robots, is becoming an important policy priority. Physical AI is drawing attention as a system for directing large numbers of robots. Physical AI is a concept and technology that has developed rapidly in recent years and covers a wide range of fields. The Architectural WLC Project Research at the Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, has therefore decided to hold a lecture series by leading researchers active around the world. We hope this series will contribute to the development of Physical AI in Japan.
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 14, 2026, 15:30–17:00
Venue: Room 56-102, Nishi-Waseda Campus, Waseda University
Online: Access details will be sent to registered participants.
Registration: https://forms.gle/Ee29g6ddSwCExwy87
Program
Keynote Lecture 1:
Development of an Indoor Self-Localization and Positioning System for GPS-Denied Environments Using a Standalone Smartphone, and Its Implementation in a Construction Site Photo Management Application
Speaker: Bikash Lamsal (Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University)
Keynote Lecture 2:
A Multimodal, Multi-Agent AI Expert System for Scaffolding Safety Analysis Integrating YOLOv8 and Vision-Language Models (VLM)
Speaker: Igal M. Shohet (Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
Q&A and Discussion