Western Australia’s Fastbrick robot building home in three days a ‘world-first’
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#2Perth on the frontpage of HN, womders will never cease...
Cool idea if it works though, especially for disaster events and rapid construction
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#3So this is their video from 2 years ago : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bW1vuCgEaA and they are a penny stock (3.5 cents to over 20 cents on the news). The video on the web site doesn't work for me but I would be interested in seeing a video of this thing building an actual house.
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#4No photos of the house, a broken video, and zero details on things like roofing, plumbing, in-wall wiring, etc. Oh wait, it’s a penny stock? Color me surprised...
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#5So this is their video from 2 years ago : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bW1vuCgEaA and they are a penny stock (3.5 cents to over 20 cents on the news). The video on the web site doesn't work for me but I would be interested in seeing a video of this thing building an actual house.
There is a more interesting video if you look at their channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfK41aTB7_VI2DHTJy2l-yg
But why would you want a robot like this? Why not prefab the parts of the house and assemble on site?
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#6Real (non-CGI!) timelapse of the robot bricklayer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YcrO8ONcfY
It seems like a cool concept. The real example is slightly different to the CGI mockup, so I think they still have a bit of work to do.
Best of luck to them! This could potentially bring down huge construction costs. Keen to see more automation in the construction industry.
Re: Western Australia’s Fastbrick robot building home in three days a ‘world-first’
#7So this is their video from 2 years ago : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bW1vuCgEaA and they are a penny stock (3.5 cents to over 20 cents on the news). The video on the web site doesn't work for me but I would be interested in seeing a video of this thing building an actual house.
There is a more interesting video if you look at their channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfK41aTB7_VI2DHTJy2l-yg But why would you want a robot like this? Why not prefab the parts of the house and assemble on site?
And, it doesn't seem to do anything other than place the bricks. That's not the hard part of "laying bricks"...
Re: Western Australia’s Fastbrick robot building home in three days a ‘world-first’
#8So this is their video from 2 years ago : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bW1vuCgEaA and they are a penny stock (3.5 cents to over 20 cents on the news). The video on the web site doesn't work for me but I would be interested in seeing a video of this thing building an actual house.
There is a more interesting video if you look at their channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfK41aTB7_VI2DHTJy2l-yg But why would you want a robot like this? Why not prefab the parts of the house and assemble on site?
Unfortunately that block wall it built looks quite sloppy if you really inspect the interblock spacing and vertical alignment between layers. And these are dry blocks with no mortar to let them slip and slide. Stand at the corner of a a block wall built by pros and look down the plane of the wall. You're going to see perfection. I do it any time the opportunity strikes and amazed at the consistency.
No doubt a well supported robot with appropriate sensors and placement techniques could exceed the accuracy of a human, but this doesn't appear to be that robot quite yet.
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#9Their system uses some custom adhesive as do some of the other systems around.
The catch is how will this adhesive hold up in 30 years and are you brave enough to be that it works well on your house compared to the saving of using conventional systems?
This is why innovation in building is slow.
Fail fast is not possible. And there are often side effects. Just ask people with a metal framed house that creaks when it expands and contracts.
Re: Western Australia’s Fastbrick robot building home in three days a ‘world-first’
#10Their system uses some custom adhesive as do some of the other systems around. The catch is how will this adhesive hold up in 30 years and are you brave enough to be that it works well on your house compared to the saving of using conventional systems? This is why innovation in building is slow. Fail fast is not possible. And there are often side effects. Just ask people with a metal framed house that creaks when it…
Australia has extremely strict building regulations, codes and inspections. (My brother just built his own house there...)
I feel extremely confident this has been tested thoroughly, and it would not be allowed if it has not passed all tests.