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175 points gjvc | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 17:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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jumpkick ◴[22 Oct 25 18:33 UTC] No.45673274[source]▶
I wonder how it avoids pipes stubbed up through the slab, or electrical EMT, etc. or how it avoids mistakes made during the rough-in.

What if the plumber missed a drain or supply by an inch? Guessing the robot doesn't adjust its outline. I.e. if a sewer stub is wrong by a few inches, the wall needs to be moved to fit the toilet, or the slab needs to be busted up and the sewer line relocated.

I suppose if it gets some of this wrong, it'll be obvious, and a human can correct it.

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1. brudgers ◴[22 Oct 25 18:46 UTC] No.45673443[source]▶
I think the market is more towards industrial scale sites like data centers and Amazon warehouses and factories where equipment installation is happening right behind JIT layout.

Places where high precision matters and services aren’t connected to the endpoint at the slab. That’s not most construction because progressive refinement is how most things are built.