Humanoid Construction Robot Installs Drywall by Itself

October 2nd, 2018

Via: The Verge:

If Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute has its way, construction workers might be a thing of the past. Researchers have built HRP-5P, a humanoid bot that can handle a variety of construction tasks when there’s either a staffing shortage or serious hazards. The prototype uses a mix of environment detection, object recognition and careful movement planning to install drywall by itself — it can hoist up boards and fasten them with a screwdriver.

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One Response to “Humanoid Construction Robot Installs Drywall by Itself”

  1. dale says:
    October 3, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    Wow. I hate hanging sheet rock. How many types of robots exist already. Birds, fish, pack mules, drones to kill anything that moves… It’s amazing. Game over man!

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