Here’s AEC Business’s catalog of construction robotics companies.
About construction robotics
Construction robots have been around since the 1960s. In the 1970s and 1980s, Japanese companies such as the Shimizu Corporation, Obayashi Corporation, and Takenaka Corporation created robots and remote-controlled machines for excavating, material handling, concrete placing, finishing, fireproofing, earthworks, rebar placing, and other construction tasks. However, the overall robotization of the industry has been slow.
The rapid development of artificial intelligence and machine learning has changed the robotic scene. Robotic hardware is also becoming affordable. Coupled with the poor availability of professional construction workers and the urge to industrialize construction, the use of robots will inevitably increase in the coming years.
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The types of construction robots
Robots come in many forms. Here’s a breakdown of the types of robots we currently have:
- Off-site production robots operate in controlled environments. They can do welding, timber assembly, milling, and other preprogrammed tasks.
- On-site robots automate assembly processes like bricklaying and rebar tying. They can also do rendering, painting, plastering, drilling, and groundwork. Autonomous cranes are not yet a reality, but they will appear on construction sites within a few years.
- The most common on-site robots are demolition robots, which comprise 90 percent of the construction robot market.
- 3D printing robots work both in manufacturing plants and on-site. Most of them use concrete as the building material.
- Data collectors include drones and robots that move around on wheels or four legs. They can perform inspections and reality-capture.
- Synchronized self-driving trucks are the norm at many mining sites around the world.
- Autonomous vehicles and heavy equipment are also coming to infrastructure and building construction sites.
- Finally, there are robotic assistants. These include exoskeletons and robots that lift or carry around material and tools.
The catalog
The companies are presented in alphabetical order.
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