a year ago

UK Startup AUAR Raises £2.6 Million to Build Robot-Built 'Lego' Houses

  • Automated Architecture, a UK startup, has secured £2.6 million in funding to expand its robotic construction of timber houses in the US and Europe

  • The startup's technology involves using robots to create modular pieces that fit together like Lego, reducing labor and supply chain costs while creating more sustainable building practices

  • AUAR licenses its microfactories to larger construction companies, aiming to disrupt the traditional construction process and deliver high-quality affordable housing at scale.

      • ProblemConstruction

      "The construction industry is notoriously slow to digitise and faces big problems with rising building costs and a workforce shortage, making it difficult to build affordable homes for growing populations."

      Solution

      "AUAR is automating the construction process of timber houses with robots in small production facilities called "microfactories." They have developed a building system that involves making wooden pieces that fit together to create timber houses up to six stories high, like walls, roofs, and ceilings, in "blocks" in microfactories. Robotic arms cut and assemble the materials, before they're put together "like lego" by humans either in the microfactory or on a construction site."

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