Automated home construction by Contour Crafting

A robotic technology for custom-designed, low-cost construction with a level of quality heretofore unobtainable at only 10% energy cost with a 70% reduction in CO2 emissions.

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  Science & Technology

[bigxsig]

the machine may be expensive, but the actual construction cost is much lower in terms of building materials, labor, construction, time etc.

[jliu512]

THEY TOOK OUR JERBS !!!!!

[Eric Goetz]

wow! this is awesome!!!

[tax deduction]

thanks for the vid!

[ENCORETOOLS]

NOT MUCH IS NEW HERE. CONCRETE PUMPS ARE ALREADY IN WIDESPREAD USE. MARRY THAT TO WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A CARTESIAN ROBOT JUST THE SAME AS A CNC ROUTER, LASER, WATERJET OR FLAME CUTTER AND THERE YOU ARE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS SCALE.

[jliu512]

DERK A DURRRR !!!

[UltreaKiller]

silly human, the risk of dying in construction is high enough to consider it morally acceptable to not let humans work, but they do. This solves a problem with materials waste, very long construction times and need of workers.

[realisticHomeboy]

Irrelevant in this context

[ryuson2000]

so much potential

[SonOfNye]

Crawl first then learn to run.

[SonOfNye]

The reinforced concrete is not necessary in all cases, but one could imagine having a crew come in and lay the foundations and then have the printer take it from there