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A specialized robotic drone sprays layers of cement to create a cylindrical structure in a clean laboratory setting with white background behind a staging area for the structure's construction

Drone swarm that 3D prints cement structures could construct buildings

21 September 2022

Bit by bit, drones can print structures made of foam and cement. The technique could transform future construction sites and post-disaster reconstruction

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