Topical collection: robotic solutions for digitally enabled production processes in construction

Across the global construction sector, a new generation of robotic systems is rapidly entering the market.Solutions for on-site drilling, spraying, masonry, logistics, and finishing are now being piloted at an unprecedented pace.Their deployment in emerging construction robotics hubs in Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Denmark, Switzerland, and Germany demonstrates both the momentum of this technological shift and the considerable challenges that remain.In real-world testing environments, the integration of these robots into digital construction pipelines-particularly BIM-to-robot workflows, semantic task modeling, and robust digital twins-continues to be a bottleneck.These challenges position digitally enabled fabrication and robotics as a priority topic within academia, motivating research on methods, techniques, algorithms, and workflows that can accelerate adoption in construction.This Topical Collection brings together research spanning the emerging landscape of digitally enabled construction robotics.The contributions advance robotic fabrication, from flexible timber processes to innovative formwork, reinforcement, and earth-based additive methods, alongside computer vision, BIM integration, and sensing approaches that improve monitoring and quality assurance.The collection also includes mobile and aerial systems for inspection and mapping to support system autonomy in construction.Together, these works show how integrated perception, planning, and sociotechnical understanding of human-robot collaboration are becoming essential for reliable robotic performance in construction.