Researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UED), the Institute for Applied Building Research in Weimar and the Kalk-Sand Research Association have developed a new type of rope robot. They have been tinkering with it for two years.
The result is a rope robot that can build a floor from standard sand-lime bricks in just a few hours. It can also move bricks, insert lintels and mortar. The rope robot works by means of a BIM model. In this digital process, data is sent to the robot.
According to UED, the rope robot is not intended to make people on the construction site redundant, but it could help to counteract the shortage of skilled workers. The project is funded by the Ministry for Home Affairs, Municipal Affairs, Construction and Equality of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Source: UDE
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