For several decades now, the construction industry is suffering from low productivity, especially in comparison to manufacturing industries which have succeeded to benefit from digitalization of their processes. Furthermore, scarceness of qualified workforce is expected in the near future. Construction automation is introduced as a solution to these challenges. The capabilities of construction robots are improving at an accelerated pace. They are starting to be used in non-laboratory contexts for automating processes ranging from infrastructure inspection to digital fabrication. One fundamental requirement of employing robots in construction is their autonomous positioning. Building information modelling (BIM) and geographic information system (GIS) are now a necessity for the construction projects. Integration between BIM and GIS provides holistic digital representation of the built environment that robots could potentially utilize for positioning purposes. Preceding this research, a number of reviews have been conducted on BIM–GIS integration, but none studied it from automation perspective. This research addresses this deficiency through a systematic literature review of the state-of-the-art on BIM–GIS integration with the purpose of robot positioning and navigation on construction sites. Using software tools and “science-mapping” methods, 236 papers were explored. Trends, challenges, potentials, and deficiencies identified and mapped. Citation patterns of journal articles along with the analysis of studies; visualized and analyzed. Bibliometric analysis is followed by a thorough qualitative analysis of the articles identified by the systematic methodology indicating limitations of current studies such as vertical navigation, inaccuracy, dynamics of construction sites, indoor-outdoor navigation. Requirements for robot positioning using BIM–GIS integration are defined.

几十年来，建筑业一直处于生产率低下的困境，尤其是与成功地受益于其流程数字化的制造业相比。此外，预计在不久的将来将缺乏合格的劳动力。引入了建筑自动化作为对这些挑战的解决方案。建筑机器人的能力正在加速提高。它们开始在非实验室环境中用于自动化从基础结构检查到数字制造的过程。在建筑中使用机器人的一项基本要求是机器人的自主定位。建筑信息模型（BIM）和地理信息系统（GIS）现在是建筑项目的必要条件。BIM和GIS之间的集成提供了机器人可以潜在地用于定位目的的构建环境的整体数字表示。在进行这项研究之前，已经对BIM-GIS集成进行了许多评论，但是都没有从自动化的角度对其进行研究。这项研究通过对BIM-GIS集成的最新技术进行系统的文献综述来解决这一缺陷，其目的是在施工现场进行机器人定位和导航。使用软件工具和“科学映射”方法，探索了236篇论文。确定并绘制趋势，挑战，潜力和不足。期刊文章的引用方式以及研究分析；可视化和分析。在进行文献计量分析之后，将对由系统方法论确定的文章进行彻底的定性分析，这表明了当前研究的局限性，例如垂直导航，准确性，建筑工地动态，室内外导航。定义了使用BIM-GIS集成进行机器人定位的要求。