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.
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Thanks for reading and happy day. ~jb