A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past month, including the robot that builds stone walls autonomously.
Robot builds dry stone walls autonomously
ETH Zurich university has published an update on its autonomous walking excavator that can build dry stone walls from randomly shaped boulders and concrete rubble. Watch the video.
RAAC ‘rulebook’ in development
The Manufacturing Technology Centre has secured £3m in government funding towards research into reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), including developing a ‘rulebook’ on how to deal with the material, Construction Management reports.
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