Building a wall by precisely stacking randomly shaped boulders could almost be the definition of hard work – both physically and mentally. It's the sort of thing we might want robots to do one day, so it should come as no surprise that one has in fact just done it.

Robotic excavator builds a giant stone wall with no human assistance::undefined

  • @aeronmelon@lemm.eeEnglish
    41•2 years ago

    “Now that the autonomous robot has successfully redivided Berlin, the German government is willing to hear its demands.”

  • @Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12•2 years ago

    Wonderful. This is actually some technology that some desert countries in the middle east could use. Those loosely-stacked walls are perfect to take water out of the air in the chill of the morning. Walls of this kind have been used for ages in that region for this purpose. Having an autonomous building system would allow to spread this use.

    • @neonred@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0•2 years ago

      Problem is that does not generate water. It just takes the water away which is then missing somewhere else and fucks up the other areas which would otherwise be in healthy equilibrium.

    • @Fetus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10•2 years ago

      For those using reader mode, the caption under the image says:

      The HEAP excavator at the construction site – an overlay on the boulders at left illustrates how each one was scanned prior to placement.

  • hltdevEnglish
    0•2 years ago

    perfect, now it can learn to stone sinners in like the Romans did