Industrial Construction Sector Robotics Roundup
/Robots & Safety, Future Workforce, Dump Trucks go Autonomous
There’s no getting around it: construction is a risky business. When you’re working on complex projects involving half-built structures, heavy machinery, ever-changing weather conditions, and the need to coordinate the activities of large work crews, an element of risk is impossible to prevent. Robots are ready to rise to the challenge and are already being deployed everyday
From pcbtoday
Robots and automated tools are already transforming construction sites. Automated masonry tools can dramatically increase the speed of construction—one prototype robot can lay 1,000 bricks per hour, for instance, while reducing the need for human workers to haul heavy pallets of brick or mortar around worksites. Autonomous vehicles and “driverless dozers” are also starting to break through, promising to allow heavy equipment to complete risky tasks while keeping humans safely out of harm’s way
Recruitment, sustainability and safety: Are construction robotics the answer?
The construction industry continues to face a myriad of challenges in 2024: recruitment gaps, sustainability concerns and an ongoing need to improve worker safety. Dave Walsha, sales manager at drive system supplier EMS, explains why the adoption of robotics could provide a resolution
While robotics continues to transform the industrial and automotive sectors, there’s one industry within which it’s yet to make widespread progress: construction.
However, making use of robotics and automation could be the solution to many of the challenges currently faced by the sector.
Autonomous dump trucks will help move 2.2 million cubic yards on a major project.
Teleo deploys dump trucks equipped for supervised autonomy and Tomahawk Construction operators control multiple trucks remotely through teleoperation.
Construction and heavy outdoor equipment automation systems provider Teleo recently announced it has deployed three articulated dump trucks (ADTs) with Tomahawk Construction in Florida.
Tomahawk is developing land to create a new 700-acre residential community in Naples, Florida. It is also among the many heavy construction companies looking for ways to overcome an ongoing labor shortage within the industry.
Teleo builds autonomous technology for heavy equipment that it said can help address labor shortages in the construction industry. Teleo said it can retrofit any make, model and year of heavy equipment with its technology that enables both teleoperation and supervised autonomy of machines.
