Installing the rails for an elevator in a high rise is an exacting job, prone to human error and rework to fix misaligned bolts. The robot does it right the first time.
And they’ve been using these things for six years.
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Read a book a few years ago about an engineer trying to use robot(s) to do bricklaying. This is an incredibly complex task, as the site, the bricks, and the mortar vary from site to site. If memory serves, the robot could not beat human masons. Wonder if progress is being made, as bricklaying is very labor intensive and meticulous, seems like the perfect task for a robot.
I’m not certain if this was the book, if not it sounds very similar:
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Someone posted a video here, a while back, of one of those brick laying robots at work. Worked OK, on a straight, plain, wall. But the thing couldn’t do corners, or doorways, or windows.
Steve
In the Netherlands they have robots laying brick paving.
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