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Automate Construction Power Ranking 2025
Welcome to the second annual Automate Construction Power Ranking. The one time of year I compare startups against each other using a carefully crafted & transparent rubric in an imperfect attempt to measure their power in the construction automation industry. This is not a ranking of investment quality or a predictor of success. Certainly not…
I, House
Manufacturing is difficult and more important than ever. Most people underestimate the complexity behind simple things especially when they cost a fraction of a dollar but even object that can be acquired for small change require an army of skilled people to deliver the final product. This was the core thesis of “I, Pencil” written…
Every 3D Printed Airbnb Home
Having stayed in some myself, I realized there are probably many people around the world eager for the experience to stay in a 3D printed house and today there are many opportunities to do so at various price points. I took the liberty of sharing every Airbnb link I could find for 3D printed houses…
Opinion: The only true failure at Icon 3D is their PR
Dear Icon 3D, Engineering is hard. Maybe harder than anything else in the world. No reasonably intelligent person expects a brand new technology to work perfectly on the first iteration, hell even the 10th iteration. Take a look at SpaceX for example (currently worth $350 Billion), I just went to a launch in Boca Chica,…
World of Concrete 2025
It’s that time of year again! World of Concrete is currently one of the biggest gatherings of 3DCP folks all year so I stopped by to see what they are up to (even though I still think WOC should give 3DCP more attention and priority). This year I am doing an article instead of a…
Breaking New Ground – Evan Maindonald, GP of Hyperlight Ventures
Some of the long time fans of Automate Construction might know that I love reading! In a world of short form content, few things are more satisfying than spending a multi hour chunk on one topic guided by someone who put immense thought and care intro crafting the journey that is a book, story, or…
Every Humanoid Robot 2024
Startups and tech giants around the world are competing to build the best humanoid robot soon I’ll be visiting projects like this in person and interviewing their Founders for now let’s run through all of the competitors in this space and see what they’re up to we’ll start stationary and get more advanced as we…
3D Printing Concrete Directly From Mixer Truck
Is on site batch plant mixing obsolete? I recently spent 3 weeks in Calgary Canada commuting daily into the indigenous territory of the Siksika nation where Nidus 3D was printing the 3rd and 4th quadplexes from their 16 unit pilot project in the region. On the first visit in 2023 Nidus was using the batch…
Construction Automation Advancing On All Fronts: ICON SXSW 2024
Automate construction. It’s a simple sentence. Short. What it conveys may be the single most important realm of progress to uplift humanity on a global scale. Rising housing costs, increasing natural disasters, aging labor forces… AI won’t fix that in the cloud, only manufacturing can. Nearly every industry has been completely transformed in the past…
Automate Construction Power Ranking 2024
First of all I would like to congratulate everyone who made this list, I spend all my time keeping both eyes peeled on the latest construction automation projects and in the past 5 years of following the industry I’ve accumulated nearly 400 companies who I believe are paving the road to construction automation. For this…
Zacua Ventures Construction Robotics Market Map
The construction industry is a very large industry, yet it has remained laggard in terms of innovation and automation. Zacua Ventures is a global early-stage venture fund tackling world’s biggest challenges across Sustainability, Productivity and Urbanization and backed by the most innovative corporates in the built world. Zacua is led by partners with more than…
Botbuilt: Framing Robots Automating Construction
The housing crisis is one of the most pressing issues confronting society today. Innovation is the only means of resolving the world wide housing crisis. Companies have come up with various methods and solutions to solve this crisis, amongst many BotBuilt has come up with a solution. BotBuilt was founded by Brent Wadas along with…
Mud Frontier
Earth: Today, 1 in 3 humans live and work in buildings made from mud. The techniques to construct earthen buildings have been practiced across the planet for over 10,000 years. SHIBHAM, YEMEN: “The Manhattan of the Desert” The Mud skyscrapers within the walled city of Shibham were erected over 500 years ago. The mud city…
Fannie Mae Includes 3D Printed Homes in Latest Selling Guide
The biggest news is that they determined 3d printed homes fall in line with any other form of construction. Has 3D printed construction gone mainstream? Is this a responsible choice? Check out the official Selling Guide Announcement https://singlefamily.fanniemae.com/media/36766/display This will certainly enable many projects which were previously stuck on the back-burner but I am not…
The DFAB House: Digitizing Construction
Swiss Plateau region, Dübendorf, Switzerland “researchers from eight ETH Zurich professorships have come together with industry experts and planning professionals in a unique way to explore and test how digital fabrication can change the way we design and build.” – DFAB House The construction industry ranks among the least digitized sectors globally. In the United…
Is our intelligence just as artificial as A.I.? A reflection on ConTech as we begin to look toward A.I.
Cruising without a care in the world knowing that this drive, like every drive, will be interruption-free, with no traffic lights to stop, no unexpected congestion, simply you getting into your connected vehicle. Your car is not autonomous yet and the US infrastructure is still subpar to that which allows das autobahn to lift its…
The Rise of Geopolymer Buildings | A World First
In the realm of 3D printed construction, geopolymer has long been hailed as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional concrete. However, until now, the world had yet to witness the creation of a 3D printed geopolymer building. In this exciting video, we delve into not only the groundbreaking 3D printed geopolymer building but also explore a…
Automating Welding in Construction
WIELDING: THE NEED FOR AUTOMATION Over 500,000 workers are exposed to health and safety risks due to the hazardous nature of welding each year in the United States of America alone, one can only imagine the numbers when looked at on a global scale. These risks include overexposure to welding fumes and gases, which can…
COBOD Recent Completed Projects
According to the World Economic Forum, the housing gap will be 1.6 billion by 2025, and our existing operating model does not provide a solution. The global building and construction industry is facing significant problems. We are unable to keep up with demand, which inhibits global economic growth. COBOD’s mission is to build a better…
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