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Where has Construction Automation been successful?
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Hacker News | Sep 14, 2026 | ltononro
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I then had Claude (Opus 5 Max) search through these issues and flag any instance of some construction task being automated. While sometimes prefabricated construction is merely conventional, labor-intensive construction done inside a warehouse, other times the process is highly automated. Oriented vertically, these can be used to make vertical concrete structures (though I believe vertical operation is somewhat less automated). Curb-forming machine in the 1950s, via House & Home. Modern curb-forming machine, via Gomaco. Sidewalk-laying machine, via Gomaco. We also see this sort of “automatic extrusion machine” for metal.
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