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There's a video of the robotic building woodworking system for building components.[1] (This article is from their VC firm.) The video is so bad that, if weren'
by Animats 1y ago
There's a video of the robotic building woodworking system for building components.[1]
(This article is from their VC firm.)
The video is so bad that, if weren't from ABB, a legit robotics company, it would clearly be a scam. They never show the robot at work for more than 1-2 seconds at a time. It's not clear how much of the job it does. The video is about 90% filler - quick cuts, talking heads, scenery.
It's not even clear what they're making. All they show is a robot moving some wood around.
Assembling building panels with robots in factories with has been done, but it takes a bigger factory, because what's being made is large.[2] That's a legit video showing the whole process
of making housing panels.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMC-Ls0vI14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMC-Ls0vI14
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3al52UWoc0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3al52UWoc0
- ricardobeat 1y agoAnother of the companies mentioned, Facit, has a lot more videos and information about their build process: https://www.facit-homes.com/building-process https://www.facit-homes.com/building-process
- Animats 1y agoThe "on site printing" robot looks very practical. A simple little wheeled robot with good navigation drives around on the concrete slab and draws lines and marks to show where things go.
- tmitchel2 1y agoFacit CEO is a friend of mine, really glad they are getting featured here and people appreciate their approach.
- contingencies 1y agoI visited Re:frame Systems[1] in Boston last month and it was pretty cool to see their system which was apparently primarily comprised of a series of magnetic stops on an angled work-surface tended by a giant robotic arm. Cut to length lumber would be fed in on batched trolleys and the arm would compensate for non-square lumber while pinning individual pieces in place then finally nailgun them together in to a completed structural frame. These frames then moved flatpack-style to a second site in the factory for assembly then manual fit-out. I was quite surprised at how slow the arm was, but it didn't really matter because a human would likely take longer by the time they went up a ladder a few times, had a break, and took time off for weather interruptions. They had a pretty impressive team drawing experience from most of the larger US robotics applications and were moving from single level to double level housing, with more elaborate structures planned in future. [1] https://www.reframe.systems/ https://www.reframe.systems/
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