Robotic 3D printing collaboration combines crane expertise with additive manufacturing to automate affordable, sustainable construction projects.
It’s taken almost two years but a planned community of homes made with a gigantic 3D printer in Georgetown, Texas is almost complete. Reuters reports that the homes, which are part of a community ...
Additive Engineering Solutions (AES) of Akron, Ohio — a company that has specialized for years in additive manufacturing of large polymer composite components — has now adopted a new method for 3D ...
Developers in Georgetown, Texas are using robot 3D-printing technology to fight the housing shortage, creating the world’s largest 3D-printed neighborhood. Called Wolf Ranch, the community of three- ...
Experts estimate around 60% of buildings that will exist in 30 years’ time have yet to be built. This equals constructing a city the size of Stockholm every week until 2050. However, the construction ...
3D printers are capable of producing complex shapes, but making functioning objects from multiple materials in a single print-run has proved challenging. To overcome this, a team has combined inkjet ...
Though it started out as a futuristic-sounding niche proposition, 3D-printed construction is really taking off throughout the United States and the variety of projects being printed is remarkable.
Most 3D-printed houses we cover are either arranged on one floor or have an upper floor added later using a timber shell. However, this recent example, by Contec Australia, was entirely 3D-printed ...
An advanced, spider-like robot is set to tackle construction challenges in Australia and potentially assist in building on the Moon in the future. Named Charlotte, this robot was developed by the ...
Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A ...
Homebuyers interested in relocating to Georgetown, Texas, may have the opportunity to live in a large, 3D-printed neighborhood. ICON, a construction tech company, along with Lennar, a home ...