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The Dirt
How Spot the Robot Dog Got a Job in Construction | The Dirt #17
Boston Dynamics and Trimble leaders discuss Spot the robot dog and the future of robotics in construction on this episode of The Dirt. Watch it here on Equipment World.
November 23, 2020
Technology
Want to buy a robot to rove your construction site? Spot is now for sale
Boston Dynamics announced last year that robot Spot is available for sale to rove your construction site.
July 14, 2020
Construction Equipment
Top 5 Machine & Tool Launches From World of Concrete 2020
The annual World of Concrete show recently wrapped up in Las Vegas and we’ve got the five most important announcements and machine launches right here in one video. Check it out above and be sure to view our full videos on the machine and tool launches mentioned in this video below the break.   […]
February 21, 2020
Dealers
Equipment Roundup: The Autonomous Rebar Tying Robot (VIDEO); Mack MD Series trucks walkaround; JCB intros smaller, tracked Teleskid; 25-lb. Vacuworx PHD lifts 2,500 lbs. (VIDEO); Polaris intros new jobsite-ready Pro XD UTVs
Polaris intros new gas-powered models for its Pro XD line of UTVs Polaris is now offering gas-powered models of its Pro XD utility task vehicles, a follow-up to 2018’s launch of the diesel Pro XDs. The new gas-powered UTVs are similar to the diesel models, including seating for two to four riders, depending on the […]
February 17, 2020
Robotics
Spot the robot dog gets a job in construction
Boston Dynamics will be releasing SpotMini commercial model robots in the second half of 2019. Take a look at how Spot inspects construction sites here.
January 10, 2019
Autonomous
Autonomous Track Loader performs low-level excavation, grading tasks to boost jobsite productivity
Noah Ready-Campbell built his career in Silicon Valley. But his latest endeavor, a robotics company focused on autonomous construction equipment, represents a return to his roots and the hope that he can blaze a trail forward for the industry. Before he started his career with a job a Google, and before he sold a $23-million […]
December 19, 2017
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar developing robotic bricklayer/3D home printer with Fastbrick in new deal
Fastbrick Robotics, an Australian company developing a robotic bricklayer, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Caterpillar, a deal that will further develop Fastbrick’s technology, which is capable of 3D printing homes and other structures. Cat says the new partnership will see the two companies working together in the development of robotic bricklaying technology including the […]
July 5, 2017
Construction Equipment
Builder bots like the Swiss ‘IF’ could be the answer to the skilled worker shortage. And they’re not far off
If you have toured an automotive or heavy-equipment factory, those robotic welding machines probably impressed you. These multi-jointed arms reach, swing, dance and swivel around to weld dozens of joints on an assembly, often within just a few seconds. The robot always lays down a perfect bead or tack, it works many times faster than […]
October 23, 2015
Construction Equipment
Once the Marines work out the kinks, Google’s robot dog could be pretty useful in construction, too
If you don’t know Spot by name, then you’re probably familiar with this made-of-nothing-but-knees robot dog’s jerky (and slightly terrifying) movements from its numerous TV appearances over the last few years. In that time, Google-owned robotics company Boston Dynamics has developed four versions of the dog, including Spot, the latest. And now, according to a report […]
October 8, 2015
Technology
Minibuilders: Fleet of robots works together as a roving 3D printer of concrete buildings (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=104] Though 3D printing is one of the more exciting emerging technologies in several industries right now, for the construction industry the possibility of one day efficiently printing buildings and other structures is perhaps most exciting. Inspired by that possibility while challenged by the size of current 3D printers, a team of Spanish architecture […]
June 26, 2014
Construction Equipment
Construction crew of termite-inspired robots builds structures autonomously
A construction crew without a foreman? Sounds like a terrible idea, but it’s exactly what a group of computer scientists and engineers at Harvard are trying to accomplish. They’re working on a project known as TERMES, a construction crew of autonomous robots inspired by the building skill of termites. Termites are capable of building extraordinary structures […]
February 26, 2014
Technology
House printing, crawling, concrete-eating demo robots point to automated jobsites of the future
As we noted in our piece on Komatsu’s new D61i-23 dozer, which uses machine control technology to automatically raise and lower its blade from rough dozing to finish grading, it’s easy to imagine a time when equipment won’t need human operators. You might shudder at the thought of robots preparing sites and then putting together […]
July 18, 2013
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