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:: Saturday, April 16, 2005 ::
USC engineers robotic mix placement McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Under development by University of Southern California researchers is a contour crafting technology using robotics to place concrete without human labor. Led by Professor Khoshnevis of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, the USC research team has devised a machine, guided by computerized drawings, that squirts plastic concrete in a toothpaste-like configuration through a nozzle, forming successive layers to create walls and domed roofs. Trowel-like attachments shape the concrete after extrusion. Jointly funded by the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and Degussa Admixtures, the USC team hopes to build a concrete house later this year by means of contour crafting.------------------------------------------- posted 11:38 AM :: reference link ::
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