Dusty Robotics · working robot
FieldPrinter
A small wheeled robot that drives across a concrete slab and prints wall lines and other layout marks taken from the building model. It was replaced by the smaller FieldPrinter 2 in January 2024.
- Price
- —Offered as robot-as-a-service priced by project scope (2019)
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
One of the first commercial robots to print full-scale building layouts straight from BIM onto a construction floor.
Real-world use
Piloted by Mortenson on the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas in 2019; Dusty says the first-generation robot printed more than 91 million sq ft before FieldPrinter 2 replaced it in 2024.
Timeline
- Released
- 2020
Maker
Dusty RoboticsCompanyPublic attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
Lineage
Every Dusty Robotics machine in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedOffered as robot-as-a-service priced by project scope (2019)
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | FieldPrinterDusty Robotics |  Autonomous plastering and painting robot (first model)OkiboSame job: construction · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  HX2 autonomous electric load carrierVolvo Construction EquipmentSame job: construction · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2019 | 2020-08 | 2017 |
| Status | Discontinued | Retired | Retired |
| Height | — | 195 cm | — |
| Weight | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
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Sources
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