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Uri Zajicek is a pioneering researcher in the field of construction robotics, with a particular focus on the automation of interior finishing works in the building industry. Working alongside collaborators Yehiel Rosenfeld and Abraham Warszawski at the Technion, Zajicek played a central role in the development of TAMIR — the Technion Autonomous Multi-purpose Interior Robot — one of the most ambitious autonomous construction robots of its era. His research spanned the full arc of applied robotics development, from early full-scale prototyping in the late 1980s to comprehensive economic analysis of robotic building applications. His most influential work, "Full-scale building with interior finishing robot" (1993), has garnered 33 citations and remains a landmark contribution to construction automation literature. Zajicek's investigations into the practical and economic viability of robotic interior finishing were notably grounded in real-world experimentation, lending his findings unusual credibility and applicability. Presented across multiple proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), his body of work helped lay the intellectual and technological groundwork for modern construction robotics, making him an important early figure in this emerging interdisciplinary field.