Amidst all the debates about robots replacing humans and snatching away their jobs, some engineers in Switzerland have created a robot that can lay bricks and help humans in making buildings. These scientists from Zurich’s Swiss National Center of Competence in Research have named this robot In-situ Fabricator.

It has a 2D laser range finder, two onboard computers along with sensors to know its own location. It uses its big arm to lay bricks in pre-programmed patterns, and uses its wheeled base to zip around construction sites, free of human help.

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In addition to this, it can also generate 3D maps of the work site which allows it to build different building designs that can adapt to the construction site and unforeseen circumstances.

This robot has an ability to adjust to sudden changes like last-minute changes to the design-plan. So in a nutshell, they are trying to induce ‘adaptive learning’ in robots.

Author:Technology Blog