Hong Kong researchers create a robot to address the labor shortage in construction

The labor shortage in the construction sector will be solved with the activation of a robot created by a team of researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

The scientists developed a robot to be in charge of “bending and tying steel rods, a tool that seeks to alleviate the growing lack of labor in the construction industry.”

According to local information, this prototype will arrive in December to key markets such as Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area, Singapore and Saudi Arabia, to solve the lack of qualified workers in these regions.

According to the Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post, the robot will also cope with “the physical demands of tying rebar, a traditionally arduous job.”

The launch of this prototype will have a positive impact on the automation of critical sectors “such as bending and tying rebar” to boost project efficiency.

On the other hand, it seeks to increase work performance and safety in the environment, since the robot will be able to “reduce the physical load on operators, allowing precise cuts and formations without the manual effort that has historically been necessary.”

During performance tests, the robot designed by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology achieved the capacity to complete the task of tying rebar in five seconds, “compared to the 15 to 20 seconds it takes a person to do it.”

The creators have stressed that the objective is not to replace human workers with a robot but to “improve working conditions that are not ideal for operators.”

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Source: elaragueno

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