Construction
Dusty raised $45 million. It said its robots had laid out 25 million square feet in the first three months of 2022, working with builders such as DPR and Swinerton.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“The firm claims the robot laid out 25 million square feet in the first quarter alone, through deals with construction firms”
What it means
FieldPrinter, from Dusty Robotics, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on FieldPrinter
- Dusty made FieldPrinter 2 generally available, and said contractors had printed more than 100 million square feet of layout with its robots.
- On Skanska's 31-story Kaye apartment tower in Seattle, a subcontractor used a Dusty robot to print wall locations on the concrete floors.
- Dusty launched FieldPrinter 2, a smaller 23-pound robot with a wider print head that can be controlled from an iPad. The company said the first model had printed more than 91 million square feet.