Where are the robotic bricklayers?

Re:Where are the robotic bricklayers? by SV_BubbleTime on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @07:10PM (#28055392)

> [mortor] it’s a non-newtonian fluid, and it’s viscosity increases when it’s moved or shaken.

Which is why the points about non-Newtonian fluids like mortor changing viscosity seems right on the money. Anyone trying automation with normal mortor gives me zero confidence. I like the robot truck idea, seems like a winner compared to others.

Exo suits / better humans in the meantime, purpose built machines later.

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Re:Where are the robotic bricklayers? by exporectomy on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:31AM (#28057564)

Bogus reason. Plastic melt is also a non-Newtonian fluid and yet plastic parts production is thoroughly automated.

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Re:Where are the robotic bricklayers? by SV_BubbleTime on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @03:52AM (#28058416)

I’m not sure that tracks exactly. I think the issue is the stacking of very heavy things on top of a nnf goop.

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Re:Where are the robotic bricklayers? by bsder on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @07:02PM (#28067560)

The issue is that "buildings have been engineered to be built by humans".

So, the building tasks are set to be a compromise of materials and human skill.

If we want machines to build them, then we need different systems and materials.

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