Image: ACR plans to commercialise the IronBot starting in 2020 (ACR)
An American construction robotics company has unveiled its concept for an autonomous machine that can lift, carry and place rebar on bridges and other horizontal reinforced concrete applications.
Pittsburgh, PA- based Advanced Construction Robotics (ACR) said its “IronBot” does away with a backbreaking task for workers, and addresses the shortage of skilled labour.
The start-up company, which was spun off from a US civil engineering contractor, revealed its concept at the Bauma construction machinery trade fair this morning in Munich, Germany, saying it planned to commercialise the IronBot starting in 2020.
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