2. Industry
drivers
,
• Tasks that can be most automated are
cheap for human labor to perform
• This makes robot economics challenging
(might as well use humans instead of
machines)
• Therefore, rather than labor replacement
robot adoption seems to be driven by:
• Workers safety (i.e. remote demolitions,
remote inspections)
• Efficiency (i.e. real time surveying,
continuous paving, etc)
• Pushing the boundaries (i.e. mass tiling,
contour crafting, etc)
Source:
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/four_fundamentals_of_workplace_automation
https://public.tableau.com/profile/mckinsey.analytics#!/vizhome/AutomationandUSjobs/Technicalpotentialforautomation
5. Surveying
Drones for aerial mapping and
surveying construction sites.
Allow for real-time surveying,
improve logistics andcollaboration
across construction teams.
15. Bricklaying
Works in tandem with
construction workers, but lays
down 3x as many bricks as human.
Can lay bricks in unconventional
patterns to achieve novel
structures.
16. Drilling
The robot provides accurate,
efficient drilling in concrete
ceilings and promises farless
strain on workers.
17. Mass Tiling
Robotic production of tiling work.
Allows for the existence of tiles
with unprecedented detail.
Otherwise these tiles would be
economically unfeasible.
23. Other applications
• Concrete transportation/distribution
• Positioning of steel
• Fire resisting
• Painting
• Excavation/Earthmoving
• Tunneling
24. Emerging Technology I
Contour Crafting
“Contour Crafting (CC) is a layeredfabrication
technology developed by Dr. Behrokh
Khoshnevis of the University of Southern
California. Contour Crafting technology has
great potential for automating the
construction of whole structures as well as
sub-components. Using this process, a single
house or a colony of houses, each with
possibly a different design, may be
automatically constructed in a single run,
embedded in each house all the conduits for
electrical, plumbing andair-conditioning”
Source: http://www.contourcrafting.org/
25. Emerging Technology II
D-SHAPE
” D-Shape is a new robotic building system
using new materials to create superior stone-
like structures.
This new machinery enables full-sizesandstone
buildings to be made without human
intervention, using a stereolithography 3-D
printing process that requires only sand and
our special inorganic binder to operate. D-
Shape is a new building technology which will
revolutionize the way architectural design is
planned, and building constructions are
executed.”
Source: http://www.d-shape.com/cose.htm