A robotics company and a tech startup create an automated modular structure to build affordable, energy-efficient wooden homes.
ABB Robotics and AUAR combine to deploy robots in a global network of microfactories to construct buildings from sheet wood.
Instead of thousands of parts shipped from elsewhere, robotic microfactories simplify the origin chain by running on a single type of material and one type of machine.
The production process uses wooden sheets. A robot cuts them into pieces and assembles them into assemblies that are transported to the site, allowing traditional homes to be built in a matter of weeks.
Although many meeting tasks are automated, AUAR said its system supports local jobs by selling the use of microfactories near construction sites, where local contractors and suppliers can coordinate delivery.
The collaboration with UK-based AUAR follows ABB’s work with German control consultancy Porsche Consulting to expand new practices in modular enclosure manufacturing.
AUAR said it has finalised a £2. 6 million investment led through deep generation and artificial intelligence fund Miles Ahead, together with ABB Robotics.
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