Canadian entrepreneurs are using robotics to address the housing crisis and labor shortage in Canada's construction industry.
Entrepreneurs who are adapting robotic arms used for manufacturing automobiles to help with homebuilding say the construction industry in Canada needs to innovate. Using robots to do more on construction sites could speed things up and help with the shortage of skilled labour.Ramtin Attar is CEO of Promise Robotics, part of a small group of Canadian companies and researchers working on technology to help homebuilders catch up with innovation in other industries.
He believes robotic arms and artificial intelligence will help Canada do a better job of meeting homebuilding targets. (David Bajer/CBC )Ramtin Attar is standing inside an unremarkable warehouse, in an ordinary-looking industrial park near Edmonton's airport, looking at some robots he believes could be revolutionary for the construction business. Attar is the CEO and co-founder of Promise Robotics — part of a small group of Canadian companies and researchers working on technology to help homebuilders catch up with innovation in other industries. In front of him, a set of four robotic arms, like those found in auto plants, are assembling the walls, floors and roofs of houses. Using artificial intelligence (AI), the arms are reading blueprints and, in a sense, thinking for themselves about what cuts to make, what pieces to nail together and where holes need to be drilled for wires and plumbing. 'So they can sort of on the fly decide what is the tool I need to use, what is the sequence of tasks I need to do,' Attar said. It's a pretty radical concept for an industry that experts say needs a serious upgrade in order to confront a shortage of skilled labour and a dire need for new housing during an affordability crisis in Canada. 'There's a big disparity between the construction industry and the other industries leveraging AI and robotics,' said Daeho Kim, who researches robotic construction as an assistant professor in civil engineering at the University of Toront
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