Construction
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.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“The 23-pound robot sports a wider print head and a bevy of on-board sensors for improved navigation.”
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 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.