Tag: Robots
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Meet Rosendin’s Solar Building Robots
Rosendin, the nation’s largest employee-owned electrical contracting company with one of the fastest-growing renewable energy programs, announces a major breakthrough in solar construction technology. The company will demonstrate its new autonomous robotic solution for photovoltaic (PV) solar module installation on April 17, 2025. This innovative 3-piece robotic system will transform utility-scale solar projects by tripling…
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Affordable Robots Could Reshape Reality Capture in Construction
Drones are now in the mainstream of reality capture on construction sites. In interior construction, hard hat cameras and human-operated laser scanners are still the best way to collect accurate data. Quadrupled robots could be an alternative, but in many cases, they are considered too expensive. That may change soon, as both robots with upgraded…
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Construction Robots 2023 – AEC Business
Here’s AEC Business’s catalog of construction robotics companies. About construction robotics Construction robots have been around since the 1960s. In the 1970s and 1980s, Japanese companies such as the Shimizu Corporation, Obayashi Corporation, and Takenaka Corporation created robots and remote-controlled machines for excavating, material handling, concrete placing, finishing, fireproofing, earthworks, rebar placing, and other construction tasks. However, the overall…
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Transforming Cranes Into Autonomous Robots
Noam Rotem, Founder & CEO of Syracuse, is the guest in this episode of the AEC Business Podcast. Aarni and Noam discuss smart and autonomous cranes and the future where the role of the crane operator could change dramatically. The discussion topics: What sparked Noam to start up Syracuse and what the company offers today…
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Why We’ll See Robots on Construction Sites
In his Architect Magazine article, Boston Dynamics construction manager Brian Ringley sees invaluable opportunities for robotics that have little to do with automating building construction and installation. The notion that architects can regain their “master builder” status through robotic construction is not currently feasible, according to Ringley. He writes: “This file-to-field approach, challenging even for…
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Disruptors: The House the Robots Built
The article The House the Robots Built by Ben King in the BBC’s Disruptors series explains how the construction industry can use new technologies to improve productivity and quality. The video titled Why is building so slow and expensive? leads into the story. The post Disruptors: The House the Robots Built appeared first on AEC…
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Construction Robots and Drones in the Headlines
Here’s a selection of recent articles on robots and drones coming to the construction site. Watch this on The Scene “Ekso started out trying to build Iron Man suits for the military, then spread into the world of physical therapy, with powered walking suits that help people learn to walk again after strokes or accidents. Over…