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what i dont understand is why we havent seen automated port terminals. i just got back from hong kong and its really quite facinating to see all of those container ships. considering how much unions cost the logistics industry, i think its an area ripe for more R&D.

holla]]>Jan 15th 2007 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/Jan 15th 2007 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/
anyway, I think this is pretty cool. though, I don't think I'll ever get that common. I imagine getting the robot to where you want your house build will be the most difficult part ...
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Those USC people should reallywatch out for Ma-Ti with the Heart ring because I'm pretty sure he called on the monkeys and dolphins to take down the evil mass home capitalists.]]>Jan 15th 2007 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/Jan 15th 2007 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/]]>Jan 15th 2007 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/
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We also have one of the most heavily unionised waterfront industries. It sure did cause a stir!]]>Jan 15th 2007 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/
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on the flip side.. it would wipe out my side career of framing and roofing when i don't have a programming job once that is taken away from me by the AI's that feel we can no longer tell them what to do in an organized fashion.

or wait.. will we have the same problems we have with vehicle theft that we do, with most of these robots ending up in mexico building homes for govmt officials??

nah.. but i do like the habitat for humanity idea.. i bet you could get more support out of it from the local unions that don't want to dirty their hands with something they can't make money on.

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A further method involved a monolithic approach using rammed earth. Mix sand and clay with some water and build up a wall between board supports. The thick walls helped maintain moderate temps without the day to night magnitude of temp fluctuations.

This method of building up by layers seems a bit like a new modeling method where a new layer of material is added followed by a laser to fuse where the solid will be. Once the pattern is finished, turn it over and shake out the loose material. similar in concept, but it does seem to permit something other than flat walls.]]>Mar 6th 2008 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/15/rival-robots-prepping-to-automate-home-building/
For example they could produce a “binary” line of bricks that would allow to build any “digitalized” architectural shape, for example if A is a distance unit, say 10 cms or 4” etc etc, then the bricks could have the following dimensions:

A x (1 x 1 x 1)
A x (2 x 1 x 1)
A x (2 x 2 x 1)
A x (4 x 1 x 1)
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A x ( 2^N x 2^M x 21)

Where N and M are Integers. Then a computer could calculate and order to Legoland the exact the bill of materials departing from Autocad, Inventor, etc etc. provided the bricks have holes to introduce the seismic iron skeleton before extruding the final cement.

Jaime Soto
Chile
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