INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Industrial robots are expensive
But, then, so are construction mistakes
Being off by an inch here or there adds up quickly, and too often crews need to correct costly errors
firms Norwegian Construct Venture and PropTech Fund Surplus
like Built, Toggle and Dusty raising rounds in the last year or so
Even Boston Dynamics is looking to get into the act, mounting lidar sensors to the top of its Spot robots, with construction listed as one
of the primary use case for the commercialized version of the product
Mounted up top are lasers and cameras that use SLAM technology to essentially build a 3D point map of a space
The map is then compared to a construction model of the space, and differences can be noted down to the centimeter
release tied to the funding
We are very pleased to have Surplus Invest and Construct Venture on the team, both investors who share our vision of changing the industry
