Concrete-Jet Robot

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Science & Technology

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• concrete
• building

[NSResponder]

"we're totally obcessed with putting people out of work!'"

You say that like it's a bad thing. The more we can replace human labor with machines, the richer we can be. There's a reason why we don't need 80% of our people working on farms just to feed themselves, and that reason is capital investment in mechanization.

If robots take over construction work, that frees people up for better jobs.

-jcr

[SailorBarsoom]

For everybody asking

"what about steel reinforcing?"

"what about plumbing?"

"what about wiring?"

please note that this is a simplified video showing the basic idea. It doesn't go into details like rebar and wiring. But the people behind this are aware that houses need plumbing, and have addressed this in another video.

/watch?v=okl37F-szew

[shaemuskermiet]

Nice 3D penis printing!

[javierg72]

@NSResponder THE VENUS PROJECT. RESOURCED BASED ECONOMY.

[ForkyStick]

@iwog1 Workers are still needed to build and install that robot it in the mine and take care of the continious service it will require. More truck-drivers will be needed to take gare of the larger output from the mine, that gold will also probably be used somewhere to build things, which in turn also require some additional workers. Most of the time jobs don't dissapear, they change. Think of how big the horse care industry was a hundred years ago, now we have mechanics instead.

[Aradian6]

We shouldn't stop advancements from happening as it's essential to keep on going forward in order to evolve, and this DOES mean cheaper, possibly even more efficient housing, a complete shift in the way the market works.

I say bring it on, I'll be happy to give it a go if it's available when I decide to buy some shelter.

[skyuoquer]

TECHNOCRACY

[kx3clock]

@usra060 labour force requires sleep, food, breaks. Machines can go 24/7

[MajorCaliber]

Econo-Techno point #1) Note in the animation that the lintels, beams, and roof panels are all PRE-CAST pieces, craned into place... umm, so why not just crane pre-cast wall panels into place too, instead of using the big icing squirter? i.e. a WHOLE LOT of spendy infrastructure supporting/guiding that icing squirter. It *IS* cool, but...

LEEDS: Whether the concrete gets to the site wet (ready-mix), or cured (pre-cast), you're still transporting the same mass about the same distance. Wash.

[MajorCaliber]

MACRO-scopic point: For all of human history, incl. the present, the machines and devices used to construct buildings were, MUCH SMALLER THAN THE RESULTING BUILDING itself! And that's why, from slaves and logs to steel and tower cranes, methods of building WORKED, and why this supposedly "advanced" technology is DOOMED, i.e. in order to build the Empire State Building, we first have to construct something LARGER than the Empire State Building... D'OH! Ask an Economist why this = FAIL!

[MajorCaliber]

@ontheotherhandx6 The phrase "save for an unwillingness to do so", is an evasive way of saying "nobody is willing to risk THEIR own money, because they canNOT SEE ANY RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI)." i.e. if it were really economical, it would already be reality.

As for excess waste, what do you call the PRECISE, WEIGHT BEARING railroad tracks you have to construct down the sides of each new building? (And how does that work in urban centers, where you have ZERO room on each side of bldg.?)