FORT BLISS, Texas — Massive construction robots are working around the clock here to transform a vacant stretch of land into 10 barracks buildings capable of housing 560 soldiers in open bays within ...

Robots that spawn cement walls layer by layer have built homes in Houston, apartment blocks in Germany and a train station in Japan. Now, 3D printing has caught the fancy of two of the world's most ...

The idea of using an “additive” approach in construction is not new. In fact, the first 3D printed building – a small, circular outbuilding made with stacked rings of extruded concrete—was erected in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Molitch-Hou is an additive manufacturing analyst. When wildfires sweep through communities, they leave devastation in ...

The 3D-RISE model enables realistic and editable construction site simulations by combining automated 3D reconstruction, segmentation, and mesh editing. It operates in two modes: 1) Scene preparation ...

There are all kinds of critical infrastructure lying beneath the surface of our oceans – road and rail tunnels connecting land masses, pipelines for oil and gas, power cables connecting islands and ...