Technology
Robot Takeover: New Wall-Scaling Robots Are Saving Construction Companies Time, Product and Personnel
Safe to say, wall-scaling robots are gaining popularity in the slow-to-adopt-technology construction industry, and it might just be for the very reason people claim to fear robots: They’re replacing people—but those people are okay with it.
By Grace Calengor
January 30, 2025
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by Grace Calengor
Grace Calengor is senior editor of Construction Executive. Prior to joining ABC in April 2023, she was managing editor of The Zebra Press in Alexandria, Virginia. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 2020 with two bachelor’s degrees in English and classics, and a minor in comparative literature.
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