ConstructionConstruction layout printing robot
FieldPrinter
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
- 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
02Track record
What has actually happened
Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.
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.
On video
What it looks like, at stage 4
Videos from the maker show the robot at its best. The stage comes from the dated record above, not from what a video shows.
The Biggest Productivity Leap Since the Nail Gun
Layout Robot Prints the Atlanta Skyline | LCI Congress 2026
AU2026 Session: Prefab Promised a Lot. Here's Why It Underdelivered.
Dusty Prints Portraits on the Main Stage at DCAC 2026
Automated Layout Frees Your Crew for More Important Work
Dusty Plays Socc— um, FootballHow 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.
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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).
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Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
- 2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
- 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.
Sources
- 01TechCrunch, 16 May 2022
- 02Dusty Robotics website
- 03The Washington Post, 30 Jan 2023
- 04Dusty Robotics press release (Construction Dive), 10 Oct 2024
- 05GeekWire, 3 June 2024
- 06TechCrunch, 23 Jan 2024
Cite this page
Robotics Verdict. “FieldPrinter (Dusty Robotics): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/dusty-robotics. Checked 19 October 2026.
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