I want to say I have seen it all, and I hope this isn't a trend, the walls look strait level and plumb. Jobs are always welcome in this industry, we don't need this competition from something we created.
Our robotic overlords can now build prisons to contain us.
What kind of thanks is THAT?
@Ken, please make sure that S3 and later bots have a big, easy-access kill switch on top, just in case. Of course, the automated assembly line robots will bypass the kill switch during assembly. The dummy kill switch will just be feel-good, warm & fuzzy, appease-the-masses eye candy.
People who want to do Brick Laying are getting pretty scarce around here.
I'm always impressed with professional brick layers.
Laying brick or concrete block is a Very difficult job.
To me at least, a Robotic Brick Laying machine and a couple of technicians to make sure
the project goes as intended would be a good thing.
..
Just my 2 cents worth.
Big deal! Computers have been stacking blocks since SHRDLU in the late '60s. What I want to know is where's the mud? Applying and troweling concrete separates real masons from mere block-stackers!
@ erco, "Header" is the traditional name of the part in question.
I think it would be much easier to program a Supervisor Robot that could 'Quality Control' the Masons.
Block stacking is so beneath our Robot Overlords...
Big deal! Computers have been stacking blocks since SHRDLU in the late '60s. What I want to know is where's the mud? Applying and troweling concrete separates real masons from mere block-stackers!
-Phil
The mud applied robotically could be done with more precision. Because of the plasticity of the material, it could be extruded, there would be less waste. This tech will have to be done on-site, and probably a lot of preparation involved. We have a stick built home that was made in a factory, the windows didn't survive the trip to the installation site.
Big deal! Computers have been stacking blocks since SHRDLU in the late '60s. What I want to know is where's the mud? Applying and troweling concrete separates real masons from mere block-stackers!
-Phil
At 0:27, it appears there is an adhesive being applied to one edge of the block. I guess a human would have to mud the open spaces.
My personal experience with block layers is that, at least ten percent of the mortar is scraped to the ground. My personal experience with block laying is more like thirty percent. Contractors are always willing to increase profits, do more with less "like time". I can see the little guy buying one of these machines second hand, this might be cost effective someday.
Automating reinforced concrete construction would be very different, but sounds
do-able in the not-too-distant future... The chinese have some very rapid building
techniques.
Given that the blocks don't really have any optical targets that are very high contrast, I wonder how the vision system does in a real outdoor setting instead of in a dark tent with super bright spot lights on the manipulator area. Maybe bricks would be more easily identifiable since they are high contrast compared to neutral colored sky/ground/lighting?
Given that the blocks don't really have any optical targets that are very high contrast, I wonder how the vision system does in a real outdoor setting instead of in a dark tent with super bright spot lights on the manipulator area. Maybe bricks would be more easily identifiable since they are high contrast compared to neutral colored sky/ground/lighting?
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What kind of thanks is THAT?
@Ken, please make sure that S3 and later bots have a big, easy-access kill switch on top, just in case. Of course, the automated assembly line robots will bypass the kill switch during assembly. The dummy kill switch will just be feel-good, warm & fuzzy, appease-the-masses eye candy.
I'm always impressed with professional brick layers.
Laying brick or concrete block is a Very difficult job.
To me at least, a Robotic Brick Laying machine and a couple of technicians to make sure
the project goes as intended would be a good thing.
..
Just my 2 cents worth.
-Phil
I think it would be much easier to program a Supervisor Robot that could 'Quality Control' the Masons.
Block stacking is so beneath our Robot Overlords...
-Tommy(we are here to serve)Tailspin
The mud applied robotically could be done with more precision. Because of the plasticity of the material, it could be extruded, there would be less waste. This tech will have to be done on-site, and probably a lot of preparation involved. We have a stick built home that was made in a factory, the windows didn't survive the trip to the installation site.
At 0:27, it appears there is an adhesive being applied to one edge of the block. I guess a human would have to mud the open spaces.
do-able in the not-too-distant future... The chinese have some very rapid building
techniques.
I rather like the idea of a shed-building robot.
The laser guides the end-effector, not the load.
https://youtu.be/2kj6r0iAjvg