an article in the Sunday Times describes two separate programs where robots are being developed to build houses. The Los Angeles project is farther along than the one in the UK, but the article provides more details on the techniques employed in the latter. Liquid concrete and gypsum will be sprayed from nozzles in a manner analogous to an inkjet printer.
From the article: “The first prototype — a watertight shell of a two-story house built in 24 hours without a single builder on site — will be erected in California before April. The robots are rigged to a metal frame, enabling them to shuttle in three dimensions and assemble the structure of the house layer by layer. The sole foreman on site operates a computer programmed with the designer’s plans… Inspired by the inkjet printer, the technology goes far beyond the techniques already used for prefabricated homes. ‘This will remove all the limitations of traditional building,’ said [an architect involved with the UK project]. ‘Anything you can dream you can build.'”
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You think this is the shape of things to come in manufactured housing?
Ya, I didn't think so either.
are you 'simple but elegeant'?
Did you ever get to where the list at the top left says " There are no unread messages"? I did once.
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dang man, you mean you reached the end of Breaktime?
I'm betting that is also the beginning and it loops thru in a continuum unless there are alternate realities involved which has to be the way some posters vary in their attitude one day to the next as in "Oh yeah, well yer ugly too and I'll raise you two accusation and an insult and if you call then I'm going all in so you best be ready, sucka"
Years back when the guests were each recorded as guests and mixed in with the handles of the Breaktime Players in the 'show more visitors' function I tripped back till all there were was page after page of guests.
I was bored in a snowstorm but not bored enough to keep retreating in the registered time to wade thru all the pages of 'guests' to see what would happen when the guest list was finished. (snork)
Wanted to tho'.
be tho'
be snorked
are you 'simple but elegeant'?
Yeah, last year when my ankle was shot...
Looky here.
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I think there is a restaurant there.
yes, but the food talks to you
I think it is another one of those answers looking for the right question.
Have you ever seen a modular home go through one of the factories. The last time I looked, it took less than three days from start to hitting the road.