FRONTIER TECH VIDEO CLIPS

In an effort to present a few examples of "frontier tech" for the AEC world, we have put together a small collection of intro videos on what we believe to be transformation technologies that will change the way teams in AEC and FM industries design and deliver projects.

Explains QuickQnect's Preference Optimization (P+Op) feature that usually generates $50/ton of savings

QNECT

A simple Tekla plug-in that utilizes the power of cloud computing to optimize horizontal bracing and bolt patterning of structural steel stick models. Qnect is demonstrating average total cost saving of $60/ton of steel in the form of reduced material, bolts, and labor.

Tags: Design Automation, Design Optimization

In Chattanooga, entrepreneurship and technology go hand in hand. In our third installment of The Leap, which explores the challenges and successes of startups in our community, our host James Chapman talks with the team at Branch Technology, a company who is changing the way that we build by asking the question: "What if you could build like nature?"

BRANCH TECHNOLOGIES

Proprietary 3D printer and extruded material for the reinforcement of walls -- potentially achieving "3D printed rebar" in the future

Tags: Robotics, Additive Manufacturing / 3D printing

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Purpose-built large-scale 3d printer gantry system for 1-day construction of a FOB barracks.

Tags: Robotics, Additive Manufacturing / 3D printing

By networking multiple AngleID readers together it is possible to track tags entering and leaving very complex zones. this example illustrates creating 4 3D zones around a fuselage.

UBISENSE | AngleID

A construction time study/productivity solution relevant to Rhumbix. The wireless sensor for location tracking in GPS-denied metallic environments solves the problem of complexity in traditional systems that passively collect data for statistical process control.

Tags: Real-time Location Systems (RTLS), Sensors, Productivity Tracking

Uploaded by Pneubotics on 2016-08-30.

PNEUBOTICS

A lightweight "soft robot" powered by compressed air that allows for the safe close proximity of laborers to robotic arms. Painting, sanding, cleaning, patching, and other "surface treatments" are potential applications.

Tags: Robotics, Process Automation

LONG PIPES | Fluid Highway

Continuously extruded, seamless, composite pipe or lightweight segments that speed up installation. The material can be produces with embedded fiber optics and sensors for monitoring.

Tags: In-place Manufacturing Automation

Uploaded by Ekso Bionics on 2016-05-06.

EKSO BIONICS | ZeroG

The ZeroG arm carries the weight of an attached tool to increase safety, improve quality, and speed up production. Future solutions help workers hold their arms during overhead work and allow workers to carry heavy materials with worn exoskeletons.

Tags: Workforce Augmentation, Exoskeletons

22 May 2016 - Fastbrick Robotics Limited (ASX:FBR) reveals its Hadrian 105 demonstrative model in action through a time-lapse video. The Hadrian 105 demonstrates the ability of its technology and provides a first look at the future of the construction industry as is the the precursor to the commercial model, Hadrian X.

FASTBRICK ROBOTICS

3D printer using blocks of material and industrial adhesive.

Tags: Robotics, Labor Automation

WILLIAMS ROBOTICS

Williams Robotics is designing and manufacturing robotic systems that will build the homes of the future, beginning with a system that automates the construction of stub wall panels in a manufacturing facility or at the job site.

Tags: Robotics, Labor Automation

GENESIS DIMENSIONS

Both a green building materials company and a robotics company under one roof, Genesis Dimensions is automating the production of both decorative and structural building components using a combination of additive and subtractive manufacturing techniques coupled with their own proprietary eco-friendly foam material.

Learn more at: www.airobotics.co.il Airobotics provides an end-to-end, fully automatic solution for collecting aerial data and gaining invaluable insights. The industrial grade platform is available on-site and on-demand, providing industrial facilities with premium aerial data collection, processing and analysis in a faster, safer, more efficient way.

AIROBOTICS

A fully automated end-to-end drone solution that goes far beyond standard drone options. It's self deploying, self landing, self charging operation allows for on-demand or on-schedule continuous utilization to answer the needs of industries such as energy, mining and oil & gas by providing a safe, cost-effective solution available on-site and on-demand.

Tags: Drones, Photogrammetry, Aerial Data Capture, Data Insights

The Hyperloop is one step closer to becoming a reality. If it works, the new form of transportation could mean a journey from LA to San Francisco city would take just 50 minutes. Still haven't subscribed to WIRED on YouTube?

HYPERLOOP ONE

Hyperloop One shot down disbelievers earlier this month when it announced the first successful test of a "full hyperloop" earlier in May of this year. As this video demonstrates, Hyperloop One engineers propelled a maglev test sled up to 70mph through a full-scale tube in near-vacuum.

Tags: Infrastructure, Transit, Transportation

Uploaded by The Boring Company on 2017-04-28.

THE BORING COMPANY

Elon Musk's response to traffic congestion is tunneling. His ambitious claims of developing higher speed, lower cost (by a factor of 10 or more) tunnel boring machines might seem like pipe dreams, but leaked photos of his prototype TBM and tweets about progress suggest the dreams are possible.