ROBOTS
The Last 65 Percent: A Drywall Robot That Learns From Its Remote Coaches
Origin's OG-1 spreads, sands and primes plasterboard to 4.27 m with admittance control. Why Swiss offices should write finish grades into the model.
Gravis Robotics: ETH's Excavator Brain Now Fits the Digger Your Site Already Rents
ETH spin-off Gravis Robotics fits AI kits to excavators sites already rent. From HEAP's dry-stone wall to USD 200M, and what Swiss offices must model now.
Eight of 93: A Crane Fleet and a Leaderless Swarm, Both Coordinated in Stuttgart
The EIC funded 8 of 93 robot-collective proposals; Stuttgart's ICD coordinates two: a crane-and-robot timber fleet and a leaderless swarm with EPFL.
The Humanoid With a Plan for Falling: Qualcomm's Computex Moment and How to Land Soft
A Qualcomm-powered humanoid fell at Computex 2026. SafeFall research shows how robots land soft, and why architects should design the failure mode first.
Additive Manufacturing in Space: When the Wall Holds Air, Not Weight
Printing in orbit and on the Moon flips the load case: the shell shields, a liner holds the air. A foundation essay with a Grasshopper Python check.
ETH Zurich's Hand That Walks on Its Fingers, and the Shaft No Arm Reaches
ETH Zurich's Soft Robotics Lab trained an 818 g five-finger hand to walk on its fingertips and then work. What that could mean for shafts and ceiling voids.
A Timber Joint With 0.25 mm of Air: Robot-Milled, AR-Guided, Built to Come Apart
UQ researchers mill mortise-tenon timber joints to 0.25 mm and guide assembly in AR. No screws, nails or glue, so components can be taken apart and reused.
The Crane That Lets Gravity Choose: EPFL's CRCL Puts Robots on Site as Colleagues
EPFL's CRCL and SXL scan, drill and crane-place demolition rubble into structural walls and train robot teams to build arches. Free show in Lausanne.
Robots Can Do 74% of Physical Tasks. On a Building Site, Architects Draw the Room
Anthropic's robot-exposure index finds robots can do 74% of US physical tasks but are cost-competitive on 0.3%. Why detailing sets a site's robot-readiness.
The 'Terminator' Had a Pilot, and the Best Fighter Was the Cage
The viral human-vs-robot cage fight was teleoperated. What that means for site robots: autonomy levels, stopping distance and a keep-out zone you can size.
