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ConstructionConstruction layout printing robot

FieldPrinter

by Dusty Robotics

FieldPrinter is a small robot that prints a building's floor plan, such as where walls go, directly onto the floor of a construction site. It replaces the chalk lines that workers usually draw by hand. TechCrunch, 16 May 2022

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Stage 4 of 5

Paying customers

Which rule placed it
Evidence
Independently reported
Human help
Not disclosed
Last milestone
10 Oct 2024

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today
Used by construction firms on job sites in North America, the only region where it is offered. Dusty Robotics website
Published price
Rented as a subscription of roughly $240,000 a year (CEO Tessa Lau, 2023) as of 30 Jan 2023 The Washington Post, 30 Jan 2023
Human help
Dusty says one person runs the robot, laying out 10,000 to 15,000 square feet a day. Dusty Robotics website

03Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

  1. 5

    Regulator-cleared or mass market

    A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

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    Paying customersThis robot

    Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

    Placed by: Dusty made FieldPrinter 2 generally available, and said contractors had printed more than 100 million square feet of layout with its robots (10 Oct 2024); On Skanska's 31-story Kaye apartment tower in Seattle, a subcontractor used a Dusty robot to print wall locations on the concrete floors (3 June 2024).

  3. 3

    Pilot

    Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

  4. 2

    Pre-orders

    Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

  5. 1

    Demo only

    Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. Customer logos on Dusty's site include Turner, Skanska and DPR (company-reported). The subscription price is from 2023 and may have changed.