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VIDEO: A one-armed Australian robot can build a house four times quicker than a brickie
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| Jul 27, 2016, 1:25 PM
| Chris Pash
Posted on 07/27/2016 2:19:10 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: mrsmith
Yeah. That would help... A lot!
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posted on
07/27/2016 3:01:19 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
To: mrsmith
Not a very effective vid without the mortar. Nothing more than a standard pallet stacking robot...."Very apt description of what's being flogged.
Always amazed when a single purpose prototype is touted as the ultimate utopian solution, global in its impact. A finished masonry wall built in accordance to building code standards and insurance requirements is more complex than a single course of concrete block. The simple drawing below shows the various most common components, but by no means all of them.
It's not about speed doing a singular task, other components are added to the wall system as construction progresses. Sure a bullet train could approach the speed of sound in an express run from Chicago to San Francisco if there are no stops along the way. Same with this wall system, there are pauses to install the continuous horizontal steel reinforcing at code determined intervals, steel tie backs to steel or concrete building frames, inserts for air intake and exhuast grille frames, door and window frames, and a host of other things that a brick mason does in stride because of his mobility.
Sure the machine will be further developed and find it's uses, but for now it seems like the nice video is to entice investors not providing a real world usable system at competitive prices.
Oh, and as far as I know there is no universal "contruction glue" and mortar is not amenable to pumping through a "tube".
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posted on
07/27/2016 3:09:04 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: showme_the_Glory
Depending on who is programming it
43
posted on
07/27/2016 3:09:18 PM PDT
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: Red Badger
And this thing can lay brick faster than 10 men, as long as it gets fed:
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posted on
07/27/2016 3:10:33 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: Red Badger
Yeah, but can it do the zoning and permit bribes anywhere near as quickly as the average contractor
45
posted on
07/27/2016 3:11:02 PM PDT
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: Red Badger
The robot’s stacking bricks 0 0 let’s see the mortar...
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posted on
07/27/2016 3:12:35 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
("Diversity" was never THE goal. Diversity was a byproduct of people coming 'yearning to be free'.)
To: antidisestablishment
That’s more like what I was expecting.
A central pillar-mounted arm would be the appropriate configuration.
47
posted on
07/27/2016 3:14:03 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: carriage_hill
Where’s the roller that tamps the brick pavers down to insure proper mortar bedding...it ain’t carpet.
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posted on
07/27/2016 3:15:44 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: wrench
It is a failure. It is dry stacked on a perfectly level slab. No foundation, no mortar, no horizontal or vertical rebar or rebar tie. A total piece of crap!
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posted on
07/27/2016 3:16:13 PM PDT
by
mazz44
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/27/2016 3:23:17 PM PDT
by
OldNewYork
(Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
To: Covenantor
They’re dry-laid on crushed stone or stone dust, but surely there’s a roller/compactor to follow it. It’s a German machine - never seen one here - and I’ve laid miles of brick and pavers over the years.
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posted on
07/27/2016 3:46:43 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: carriage_hill
Found the Tiger Stone System brick laying machine.... and thexfollow on roller.
For really interesting gargantuan gadget see the railroad tie, track layer.
Automated railroad track layer
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posted on
07/27/2016 4:12:52 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: Red Badger
Well, we now know how to build the wall cheaply and quickly.
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posted on
07/27/2016 4:19:03 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Red Badger
But can it Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport? he he You have to be aged to get it...
To: Red Badger
An invention like this shows how our worldly betters despise us. Just another Goliath, easily taken down with one well-directed stone.
To: GOPJ
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posted on
07/27/2016 6:12:51 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: Red Badger
Robots are just doing what Australians don’t want to do... /s
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posted on
07/27/2016 6:26:50 PM PDT
by
ConservaTeen
(Asking me who's the best President in my lifetime is like asking what's the best poison...)
To: carriage_hill
This unit is Viking Kitty approved for paving over Zotted carcasses.
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posted on
07/27/2016 6:52:06 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
To: Delta 21
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posted on
07/27/2016 7:08:00 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: Red Badger
A brick house with no mortar.
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