SAM : one robot, a dozen engineers, and the race to revolutionize the way we build /

SAM : one robot, a dozen engineers, and the race to revolutionize the way we build / Jonathan Waldman.

Humans have landed men on the moon, programmed cars to drive themselves, and put the knowledge of our entire civilization in your back pocket. But no one from MIT nerds to Army Corps engineers has ever built a robot that can lay bricks as well as a mason. Unlike the controlled conditions of a factor...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waldman, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2020.
Edition:First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Robots > Design and construction.
Construction industry > Automation.
Bricklaying.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • Part I. Victor. The first brick
  • The AM Project
  • Dream machines
  • An arm and a laser
  • In the eyes of a bricklayer
  • Approaching innovation
  • The world's fastest
  • Mortar Mike
  • Refinement
  • The team
  • A stage to stand on
  • The general
  • Part II. The real world. Vegas
  • Laramie
  • Lunenburg
  • Washington
  • Home
  • Tennessee
  • Seattle
  • Double
  • Wisconsin
  • Desperation
  • Mississippi
  • Indianapolis
  • Epilogue.

Similar Items