Would You Like Them To?

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Video update: Flying robots build a 6-meter tower.

That link above was posted yesterday to one of (the several) Facebook Groups I have recently found myself a part of.  With it, the poster wrote:  “Flying machines: the contractors of the future??”

Of course this intrigued me.  And before I go too deep, maybe I tell you it’s a post about a live-action exhibition at the FRAC (Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain) Centre in Orleans, France.  The exhibit is entitled “Flight Assembled Architecture.”  A “swarm” of “flying robots” assemble a tower made of 1,500 prefabricated polystyrene bricks.  The exhibit was developed jointly by Swiss architect(s) Gramazio & Kohler and Italian robot designer Raffaello D’Andrea.

You can see the FRAC Centre’s exhibition in the video below.

Flight Assembled Architecture/Architectures volantes from FRAC Centre on Vimeo.

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Now . . . clocking in at almost eight minutes, and while I watched, this vid gave me a little time to think.

What if?  I mean — What if little tiny ‘bots could replace the construction workers/contractors of the world?  What would that mean?

Hmmmm . . . jotting quickly:

  • For the builders and/or homeowners of the world — no more communication breakdowns, no lip-back and no more plumbers crack.  No more loafing or re-dos, no mud on the carpet, no lunch breaks . . . hmmmm.  No more cost overruns . . . ?  Wow, accurate estimates, too?
  • For the architects and designers of the world — your vision (and as if it was not already immensely important) executed flawlessly, and well . . . no lip-back, no lunch breaks, and really . . . all the other stuff listed above.
  • For the diyers of the world — How ’bout your own personal . . . “DIY. . . Hymie”?  HA! A DIYBot?  Hmmmm.  It  could still get in too deep or do it just right.  But would you still get that intense sense of personal satisfaction?

And Okay… I only had a few minutes to hack this out, but what do you think?

What could a robot do just a little bit better than that live-action contractor you know?  I mean  — minus the human factor, would the work improve?

Or Hey, for the craftspeople of the world, what of your hard work, the job security and . . . the legacy?  I welcome any of your thoughts in the comment section below . . . that is, ‘less of course, you’re a ‘bot, android, cyerborg, or . . . a spider.

Hymie from Get Smart via iment.com
via iment.com

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Thanks for reading and happy day.  ~jb

2 thoughts on “Building Moxie Archive: Could Tiny Little Flying Robot Drones Replace *Your* Contractor?”

  1. 1. I would probably not like a robot to do my chores. But then again……
    2. Why don’t I receive your posts anymore into my inbox? Can you please put me back on your list?

  2. you don’t receive the posts because the email notifications have not been working since I moved the site. just had to move forward ’cause I had too many things stacked up . . . hope to fix next week.

    and ohhh… come on … you’re personal handy bot . . . you’d love it. then again … who knows.

    Thanks for stopping in A.

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