Five New Robots Contractors Should Know
Date Posted: October 26, 2023
Posted In: Discussion, Ideas, Workforce,
From Construction Dive: The labor gap in construction yawns wide. To combat jobsite staffing issues, tech companies have pushed the envelope, aiming to combat the shortage by creating robots that can complete the work traditionally done by humans.
From humanoid droids to painters and layout machines, here are five robotic solutions that could have applications on your jobsite.
As large contractors expand into utility-scale solar projects, solutions that streamline the process of driving large piles will be crucial.
Enter Built Robotics’ RPD 35, a fully autonomous piledriving product for the solar industry.
A single robot tackles four aspects of these builds — surveying, pile distribution, pile driving, and as-builts — per the company’s website. Built Robotics claims RPD 35 works five times faster than a traditional pile driver, and is accurate up to centimeters.
Australian firm FBR claims its brick-laying robot, Hadrian X, is the first mobile robotic and bricklaying system. The machine’s crane arm is mounted on a large truck, which means it can roll up to a jobsite on demand, per its website.