Bricklaying robots can now build tennis-court-sized walls in 4 hours

The extraordinary Hadrian X bricklaying robot rocks up to a building site looking like a regular truck, then extends a 32-m (105-ft) boom arm and starts precisely laying up to 300 large masonry blocks an hour. It’s pretty remarkable to watch.Continue R… Continue reading Bricklaying robots can now build tennis-court-sized walls in 4 hours

Hackaday Links: September 3, 2023

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Right-to-repair has been a hot-button topic lately, with everyone from consumers to farmers pretty much united behind the idea that owning an item should come with a plausible path to …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: September 3, 2023

Low-cost additive turns concrete slabs into super-fast energy storage

MIT researchers have discovered that when you mix cement and carbon black with water, the resulting concrete self-assembles into an energy-storing supercapacitor that can put out enough juice to power a home or fast-charge electric cars.Continue Readin… Continue reading Low-cost additive turns concrete slabs into super-fast energy storage

Termite mounds an inspiration for future climate-regulating buildings

Looking to nature can often provide inspiration, especially in construction. Researchers have studied how wind travels through the complex internal structure of a termite mound in hopes that it will one day inform the construction of a building that ca… Continue reading Termite mounds an inspiration for future climate-regulating buildings

Liftbuild nears completion on remarkable “top-down” skyscraper

An awkward, triangular site near the Greektown neighborhood was chosen for the project, since according to the developers, it wouldn’t have been possible to build a tower of this height using traditional construction methods – the elevated People Mover… Continue reading Liftbuild nears completion on remarkable “top-down” skyscraper

Liftbuild nears completion on remarkable “top-down” skyscraper

An awkward, triangular site near the Greektown neighborhood was chosen for the project, since according to the developers, it wouldn’t have been possible to build a tower of this height using traditional construction methods – the elevated People Mover… Continue reading Liftbuild nears completion on remarkable “top-down” skyscraper

HP targets construction sites with autonomous floorplan-printing robots

HP has put forward a small robot it says can dramatically speed up construction work, by autonomously printing guidelines straight from the blueprints onto the floor. Rugged, roadworthy and extremely accurate, Siteprint is a super-quick layout tool.Con… Continue reading HP targets construction sites with autonomous floorplan-printing robots