A US construction robotics company has unveiled its concept for an autonomous machine that can lift, carry and place rebar on bridges and other horizontal reinforced concrete applications.
Pittsburgh-based Advanced Construction Robotics (ACR) said its “IronBot” does away with a backbreaking task for workers, and addresses the shortage of skilled labour.
The start-up company, which was spun off from US civil engineering contractor Brayman Construction Corporation, revealed its concept at the Bauma construction machinery trade fair last week in Munich, Germany, saying it planned to commercialise the IronBot starting in 2020.
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