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Robotic construction platform creates large buildings on demand

via IEEE Spectrum

April 26, 2017

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The Mediated Matter group at the MIT Media Lab has released a paper that introduces the Digital Construction Platform (DCP), which is “an automated construction system capable of customized on-site fabrication of architectural-scale structures.” In other words, it’s a robot arm that uses additive construction techniques to build large structures safely, quickly, and even (in some cases) renewably.

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