Maker's videoDusty Robotics · 22 Oct 2026
The Biggest Productivity Leap Since the Nail Gun
Against the record
FieldPrinter, from Dusty Robotics, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Delivered and paid for, beyond pilots. The latest milestone on its record is from 10 Oct 2024: Dusty made FieldPrinter 2 generally available, and said contractors had printed more than 100 million square feet of layout with its robots.
This video comes from the maker's own channel, and makers show their robots at their best. The stage above comes from dated public records, not from the video.
From the video's description
FrameTec COO Josh Lewis thinks putting actionable instructions directly at the point of work could be the biggest jump in construction labor productivity since the pneumatic nail gun. At FrameTec, Dusty prints the framing layout plus the electrical, plumbing, and HVAC layout on the slab before crews arrive. Framing cycle times are down as much as 75%, and the trades that follow are 4 to 5x more productive. This video highlights his point of view: "We have to rebuild the culture of collaboration in our industry." "The jobsite is the biggest factory in construction, and it's time we started treating it that way." "We can build houses faster and cheaper by changing the way we work together." "We have an execution problem, and a tremendous amount comes down to coordination." "The biggest leap in construction labor productivity since the pneumatic nail gun." "Dusty Robotics allows us to tak…
Written by Dusty Robotics on YouTube.
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