ROBOTICS NEWS
The latest robotics news from across the construction sector.
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Volocopter’s electric heavy-lift drone – VoloDrone – completed its first public flight yesterday at the ITS World Congress 2021 in Hamburg, Germany.
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FBR has signed a contract to deliver structural building works for eight two-storey townhouses using its Hadrian X construction robot.
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US-based contractor Gilbane has announced it is teaming up with Nextera Robotics to increase the use of autonomous robots in its management of construction.
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Kewazo, which produces the robotic material hoist LiftBot for construction sites and industrial plants, closed a $5m Series A funding round.
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To demonstrate the technology, MIT created a joystick able to play PAC-MAN by sensing the direction and magnitude of each applied force.
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The robot is made up of a mobile base, site-sensing technology, and BIM-linked software systems that allow it to navigate around a construction site.