{"id":4340,"date":"2018-11-08T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/?post_type=stories&p=4340"},"modified":"2018-11-13T18:05:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T23:05:10","slug":"robot-shipping-container-bringing-manufacturing-technology-construction-site","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/stories\/robot-shipping-container-bringing-manufacturing-technology-construction-site\/","title":{"rendered":"With this Robot-filled Shipping Container, We’re Bringing Manufacturing Technology to the Construction Site"},"content":{"rendered":"

By now you\u2019ve heard Autodesk talk a lot about the convergence of industries \u2013 design, construction and manufacturing. This year at Autodesk University Las Vegas, we\u2019re demonstrating the future of industrialized construction and showcasing how we\u2019ve been working with the construction industry to imagine and explore what can be gained by adopting manufacturing principles and practices. We created a large-scale additive manufacturing \u201ctoolbox\u201d for the construction industry. We combined the power of two Panasonic TS-950 robots with the portability of a shipping container that can be deployed on a construction site. The Valk Welding group from The Netherlands supplied the robots for directed energy deposition (DED), a form of additive manufacturing to produce large, strong and usable metal components. \"\" Construction and manufacturing professionals are seeking better, more efficient ways to design and build the world around us, and there is much to be gained by approaching construction with a manufacturing mindset. With the world population expected to hit 10 billion in just over thirty years, mounting effects of climate change, dwindling natural resources, and an already challenging skilled-labor shortage<\/a>, it seems nearly impossible to address the need to build a global average of 13,000 buildings<\/a> every day through the year 2050. The current way of doing things simply won\u2019t get us there. Architects and builders are looking to manufacturing to make the construction process more efficient and repeatable \u2013 more connected. At the same time, product designers and manufacturers are learning about the benefits of agility from the construction industry. Industries are converging, and technology is the thread that weaves them together. As we rethink the way we build things, it\u2019s not just optimization, but imagination, that will get us ahead. For the construction industry, imagine what you could do with the ability to make large parts out of steel or other metals right on the spot. What could you do with this technology if it could be available anywhere in the world \u2013 even right there on a construction site? We asked this question of our customers, then we went to work making it a reality. \"\"   As front runners in digital construction in the Netherlands, Dura Vermeer<\/a> responded to our call with some intriguing ideas about how they could use on-demand manufacturing technologies to support their construction business and address three challenges: <\/p>\n