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MIT Creates 3D-Printing Robot That Can Construct a Home Off-Grid In 14 Hours (mit.edu)

Posted by BeauHD on from the Leave-It-to-Beaver dept.

Kristine Lofgren writes: Home building hasn't changed much over the years, but leave it to MIT to take things to the next level. A new technology built at MIT can construct a simple dome structure in 14 hours and it's powered by solar panels, so you can take it to remote areas. MIT's 3D-printing robot can construct the entire basic structure of a building and can be customized to fit the local terrain in ways that traditional methods can't do. It even has a built-in scoop so it can prepare the building site and gather its own construction materials. You can watch a video of the 3D-printing robot in action here.

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  1. Apis Cor companys presentation,.... by Selur · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apis Cor companys presentation (http://apis-cor.com/en/about/news/first-house) from last year seemed more impressive.
    (https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/03/10/2255217/3d-printed-house-constructed-on-site-in-one-day)
    Or am I missing something?

  2. A much better example by Tempest451 · · Score: 3, Informative

    This was a much better presentation of the same principle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  3. There's no cheap land by Ozoner · · Score: 5, Informative

    The problem is not building a cheap house, the problem is finding somewhere to put it.

    In my country (Australia) countless thousands of acres have been rezoned as "Farming" which means that it is illegal to build on less than 100 acres. The Real Estate Developers have bribed the corrupt councils to pass thousands of regulations which make it impossible to build, and instead force people to buy land in their ticky-tacky developments.

    We have the lowest population density in the world, and the highest house prices.