Sound Waves Let Researchers Build Stuff With the Force - A new acoustic levitation device is even capable of picking up and placing drops of glue [Gizmodo, August 2022]

Title:

Sound Waves Let Researchers Build Stuff With the Force

 

Author:

Andrew Liszewski

 

Published:

GIZMODO, 12 August 2022

https://gizmodo.com/siggraph-2022-sound-waves-building-levitation-acoustic-1849405023

 

From the articles:

What does the future of construction look like? Autonomous machines buzzing around a building site? Giant 3D printers extruding walls and floors? Looking forward even farther, researchers at the Public University of Navarre in Spain have been experimenting with using sound waves to make building materials simply float into position without any physical interaction required.

Note from blog owner:

A conference paper on this topic titled LeviPrint: Contactless Fabrication using Full Acoustic Trapping of Elongated Parts is available. 

Brick-laying robot gets approval from NHBC [Construction Enquirer, January 2022]

Title:

Brick-laying robot gets approval from NHBC 

 

Author:

Grant Prior

 

Published:

Construction Enquirer, 14 January 2022

https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2022/01/14/brick-laying-robot-gets-approval-from-nhbc/

 

From the articel:

Yorkshire-based Construction Automation created the Automatic Brick Laying Robot (ABLR) which can build external walls, laying all the bricks, blocks and mortar, while running on a track around the foundations of the building.

 

University of Amsterdam, Netherlands - Construction transport for new University Library now by water

Title:

Construction transport for new University Library now by water 

 

Published:

University of Amsterdam, 28 September 2021  

https://www.uva.nl/en/content/news/news/2021/09/construction-transport-for-new-university-library-now-by-water.html

 

From the article:

A sustainable and innovative form of transport is being introduced for the last construction phase of the new University Library (UB) in the University Quarter. From today until the end of the project in 2023, almost all the building materials will be transported by water. This is a major innovation in construction transport for both the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the City of Amsterdam, because a large-scale building project not located directly by a quayside is now being supplied by way of water.

 

Oral Roberts University (ORU), USA - Breaking Ground at ORU

Title:

Breaking Ground at ORU

 

Published:

Oral Roberts University (ORU),  May 2021

https://oru.edu/news/oru_news/breaking-ground-at-oru.php

From the article:

Oral Roberts University is redefining leadership in the 21st century through its Whole Leaders for the Whole World (WLWW) campaign. The campaign, part of ORU’s aggressive growth as a leadership university, will add three new buildings to campus: a Welcome Center, a Media Arts Center, and a high-tech library that houses the Holy Spirit Research Center (HSRC). The new buildings will add innovative technologies, academic programs (both residential and online), and boost faculty resources to prepare leaders for global engagement.