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Nabilah Abu Bakar is an emerging researcher whose work sits at the dynamic intersection of construction technology, robotics, and project management. Her scholarship focuses primarily on construction robotics (CR), examining how autonomous and semi-autonomous systems are reshaping the built environment through improved precision, efficiency, and reduced human error. Her most influential contribution, "Robotics in the Construction Sector: Trends, Advances, and Challenges" (2024), has already garnered 43 citations, signaling rapid recognition within the field. Complementing this, her innovative dual-track quantitative analysis—combining bibliometric review of nearly 1,000 journal articles with broader trend forecasting—demonstrates a sophisticated methodological approach to understanding where construction robotics is headed. Her patent analysis work further distinguishes her, extracting frontier research topics from intellectual property data to trace the technological evolution of CR in ways traditional literature reviews cannot. Beyond technological mapping, Abu Bakar bridges theory and practice by investigating real-world applications, including a study of 107 Chinese residential projects evaluating whether robotics or agile project management drives operational efficiency. With 73 cumulative citations across just four 2024 publications, her trajectory suggests a researcher poised to make increasingly significant contributions to the future of smart construction.