Really off subject - is this brick laying machine real ? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2015, 04:17:10 am
content: http://www.boredlion.com/50-random-objects-you-had-no-idea-existed/33/?v=pThis is number 33 out of 50 and so far the pics seen legit but this one? Just cannot believe it.If real, then electronics must play a role. What kind ?

author: DrGeoff
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timestamp: October 06, 2015, 04:20:48 am
content: The bricks still need to be laid into the machine as it runs.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2015, 05:37:01 am
content: Quote from: DrGeoff on October 06, 2015, 04:20:48 amUnbelievable - thanksActually seems like a good idea - they do not have to work on the ground

author: Galenbo
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timestamp: October 06, 2015, 08:01:23 am
content: Very popular in Netherlands.It has many disadvantages, only good for long roads of exacly the same without crosses, bumps, turns,...Unbelievable the bricks still have to be laid by hand.We build on-purpose vision pick-and-place machines for all industries.

author: G7PSK
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timestamp: October 06, 2015, 01:37:31 pm
content: Why use a machine just hire this man.https://youtu.be/5AuK_k980tk

author: nctnico
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timestamp: October 06, 2015, 01:41:00 pm
content: Quote from: Galenbo on October 06, 2015, 08:01:23 amIndeed. I've seen them using a different machine to achieve the same in my neighbourhood. The result isn't as good as when people would do it by hand though.Edit: this video has a robotic arm model which arranges the bricks near the end:@Galenbo: these kind of systems often use clever mechanical solutions to arrange items in a certain position. Every now and then I visit a company where they devise these kind of clever techniques.

author: McBryce
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timestamp: October 06, 2015, 02:06:17 pm
content: Quote from: G7PSK on October 06, 2015, 01:37:31 pmHe's obviously being paid per Meter and not per hour!McBryce.

author: bitslice
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timestamp: October 06, 2015, 02:10:15 pm
content: The new robot bricklayers are technically more impressive I think

author: nctnico
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timestamp: October 06, 2015, 02:16:08 pm
content: Quote from: McBryce on October 06, 2015, 02:06:17 pmBut on welfare by the age of 40 due to broken back!

author: McBryce
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timestamp: October 06, 2015, 02:28:02 pm
content: Quote from: bitslice on October 06, 2015, 02:10:15 pmThat's seems like a very inefficient/slow way of automating the process. The mortar should be spread on the wall (not the brick) with a different arm while the first arm is getting the brick. The flashing could easily be done robotically too.It's typical of many automation attempts I've seen lately, where the robot is programmed to mimic what a person would do, rather than looking at how a robot would do it best.McBryce.

author: AlfBaz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2015, 03:53:54 pm
content: Quote from: McBryce on October 06, 2015, 02:06:17 pmNeither of the two. It's job and knock on a Friday

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2015, 04:43:41 pm
content: I recall in the last insane housing boom good brickies getting paid a quid PER BRICK. Self employed I would imagine. Nearly as well paid as footie players.

author: bitslice
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timestamp: October 06, 2015, 05:16:45 pm
content: Quote from: McBryce on October 06, 2015, 02:28:02 pmEither way you'd still need to coat the end of the brick.There is a DIY bricky tool that lays out mortar in a line, but again you still need to coat the end of the brick.Ideally you could switch to a sprayable mortar, but you'd need to redesign the bricks to cope with any movement (which currently the 1cm mortar copes with)

author: Galenbo
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timestamp: October 07, 2015, 08:35:15 am
content: Quote from: McBryce on October 06, 2015, 02:28:02 pmIndeed very bad usage of automatisation, a robot arm is a very poor choice here.A mortar extruder and a brick conveyer would work much better and faster.This looks more like a school/study project or a Robot demo on a Fair.

author: vk6zgo
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timestamp: October 07, 2015, 11:01:36 am
content: In Western Australia,there is an increasing use of complete pre-fab concrete walls,which are lifted into place & secured,allowing very fast construction.They started with factories & shopping centres,but build houses like that,now.I don't like the look of the things---I prefer classic brick construction.