Would You Trust A Bot Built Building?

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

The future of construction may lie in 3D printing drones
Drawing from the behaviors of birds and insects, the researchers designed in the United Kingdom have developed a way to build with flying 3D printing robots.




Brings to mind the movie 'Batteries Not Included' when the little guys rebuilt the place.

 

[TheELF]

The way buildings are being build does not change the building code so if you trust buildings made by people there is no difference, they will have to pass the exact same tests and standards as any other building.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Of course? We trust bot built vehicles. Probably up the quality of construction.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I've seen stuff like this before but honestly I don't think it's that practical. If it's what I think it is, you essentially end up with a concrete version of a 3D printed plastic item, with the lines and all. Water, snow etc will end up getting into those crevices, freezing, expanding and then "delaminating" the wall. So you still need to have someone go and parge it all.

That said I can see them improving the methods over time where they can solve those issues. I think the sweet spot right now in automating construction is prefab where most of the stuff is done in a factory and shipped on site to assemble it. They could perhaps even automate the assembly.

 

[pete6032]

I've seen stuff like this before but honestly I don't think it's that practical.

Just because it is not practical today does not mean it won't be practical tomorrow. This is a very interesting concept and the technology could be great for building in hard-to-access places.