Human-in-the-Loop Rebar Inspection: Integrating Vision Foundation Model with Mixed Reality for Construction Quality Assurance

A human-in-the-loop mixed reality workflow for on-site rebar quality assurance, in which the engineer confirms each result. Presented at IEEE ICHMS 2026 in Singapore.

@article{zhang2026humanintheloop,
  title     = {Human-in-the-Loop Rebar Inspection: Integrating Vision Foundation Model with Mixed Reality for Construction Quality Assurance},
  author    = {Zhang, Z. and Ghosh Mondal, T. and Yang, X.},
  journal   = {2026 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS), Singapore},
  year      = {2026},
  pages     = {452--457},
  doi       = {10.1109/ICHMS69701.2026.11602218}
}

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