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简介Getty/VCGConstruction is a dangerous, uncertain sector. New data suggests those are some of the fact...

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Construction is a dangerous, uncertain sector. New data suggests those are some of the factors driving an industry-wide embrace of automation technologies, especially robots.

In fact, the market for construction robots is exploding, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14%, according to a new outlook by Straights Research, and set to more than triple in size by 2030.

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We've been highlighting some of the technologies making their way to the job site, including drone deployments, robots chalking grid lines prior to builds, rebar robots, scaffolding erecting robots, and robotic K9s.

The new data suggests a convergence of demand driven in part by safety concerns and rising labor costs and in part by population trends. The World Bank estimates that 7 out of 10 people worldwide will live in cities by 2050, capping a century of migration away from rural areas and toward dense urban centers. Demand for housing has driven prices sky high and will continue to prompt a bonanza in new building.

Recognizing the sector's challenges related to labor shortfalls, rising labor prices, and safety issues, technology developers see construction as ripe for automation adoption. Heavy equipment providers like Husqvarna, and Brokk, which makes a demolition robot, are leaning in.