ROBOTICS NEWS

England’s National Highways is to test a wall-crawling robot developed by Hausbots to remove graffiti from bridges.

Advanced Construction Robotics’ ‘TyBot’ can self-locate, self-position, and self-tie rebar intersections at a rate of 1,100 per hour.

The team behind the autonomous HEAP excavator say the machine has successfully completed embankment excavations and the assembly of dry-stone walls.

Dyer & Butler has trialled a remote-control breaker to excavate around an unidentified cable discovered during excavation work at Heathrow Airport.

Robertson Construction has introduced facial recognition tech on its National Robotarium project in Edinburgh to support contactless site entry for workers.

The European Commission has outlined new rules which aim to turn Europe into the global hub for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI).