More concrete is manufactured than any other material on the planet. Luckily, the ERO robot has a healthy appetite. Knocking down a concrete building usually takes brute force: Wrecking balls, huge ...

Many contractors are interested in adding a demolition robot and its capabilities to their fleet — but they aren’t sure how ...

You can almost hear the cheers echo across the University of New Hampshire Wildcats Stadium even when it’s empty. The football field, track, seating and athletic facilities make for an exciting scene ...

Demolishing a building is a big, messy pain in the neck. Dynamite is loud and dangerous. Wrecking balls are heavy and dangerous. Why not just get a robot to do the work? That’s exactly what Omer ...

Demolition is a messy business—not only does the process require heavy machinery and produce clouds of dust, but it also results in giant piles of rubble that often head straight for the landfill.

A conceptual robot makes it possible to intelligently deconstruct a building, without any of the fuss or mess. There’s too much concrete in the world to accurately quantify it, though estimates put ...

A new concrete inspection robot successfully scaled the walls of a dam this summer, testing the dam's structural integrity. Many of the nation's 104 nuclear reactors are reaching the middle age of ...

When most of us think of freshly poured concrete, we picture a material that should be left to dry as smooth as possible. A new robot drives right over the stuff, however, gouging its surface to make ...

Today on In Case You Missed It: Curling up with a fireplace and a bottle of whiskey is now a little less depressing, now that we know self-heating concrete is on the way. Still a research project in ...

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Hamilton is hosting New Zealand's first demonstration of a robot 3D-printing a commercial-scale concrete object. Hamilton City Council is working with local technology company QOROX on the creation of ...