Construction
On Skanska's 31-story Kaye apartment tower in Seattle, a subcontractor used a Dusty robot to print wall locations on the concrete floors.
A dated step forward on the record · Sets FieldPrinter's stage
What the source says
“is using a robot from Dusty Robotics that relies on the BIM model to print directly on concrete slabs”
What it means
FieldPrinter, from Dusty Robotics, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there.
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.
- 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.
- 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.