mengus666 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

ma......perche a forma di fava??????

Gurneyo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

er....what makes u think for a second i meant people from the 3rd world would be paying for this?? i was thinking WE pay for it. if there was a house building robot charity that would be awesome. building 1 machine out of charity money could build whole villages and the machine itself could provide work. personaly i think its perfect so you must be a retard ;)

usra060 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What makes you think the Third World could afford such a machine, even if it could work? Labour is cheap, machines are expensive there.

AlionXeer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

like to see how there going to get services into the homes

primalminds (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Section 1: Might generate some high-prices novelty items. But concrete isn't what i want my living room peices made from Section 2: I'l believe it when i see it. Concrete has properties that would make a project like that very dificult to engineer. Section 3: I'm very pesimistic. The weight of the machine could not be supported by the wall, unless each layer was allowed to fully dry, making the contstruction time VERY long.

MekazaBitrusty (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Whilst not looking prommising for Earth, perhaps for a Moon base construction? With a third the gravity, concrete made from moon dust might not slump. Not sure about the effect of vacuum on the water content. Might evaporate away too quickly.

IdOnTLikEtHiSrAp (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

its based on the fab@home search it on google

drgatk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

the person is obviously not an engineer... cos a house is not only concrete.. wheres the water pipe line? electricity lines? and there isnt enought support in the concrete,

RTMFilms (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

wo thats so cool i mean omg and did i mention put some better music in that video the music sucks

Gurneyo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i see what you mean but i guess thats why the robot only makes small pots at the moment. personally i think after alot of development with the robotics itself and also some research into apropriate materials for building the houses this robot could really catch on, especially in third world countries etc. when you think about it building a house is simple enough for a robot its just a question of which materials to use and how to apply them