ICON has unveiled a next-generation construction 3D printer that improves on older gantry systems. It moves on tracks between sites, reducing setup time and labor. With a 70-foot print radius, it can build multi-story structures up to 27 feet tall and 110 feet long faster and more affordably.

Does it only build ugly garbage to kill the human spirit?

Build one of these instead of that 1960's Planet of the Apes sci-fi crap, and you'll have my attention, @ICON3DTech.

@bennash This is neat and all but can we get like a regular shaped house with square walls and a smooth finish?

That shit looks like Buu’s house

It's a neat idea. That building doesn't look very useful. None of these videos show what it looks like finished.

I heard the downside of these buildings is the cracks that form later.

So I was read that buildings created using this printing tech are already showing signs of cracking. Not even 3 years old. Would you trust your life to one of these machines?

I’m all about mass production and reducing cost BUT you would have to pay me $$$ to live in a house that looks like this. Technology has a long way to go…

A printer that moves between sites and builds 27-story-tall structures is basically the future of construction arriving quietly on tracks.

time to replace a leaky pipe...

When I look at this I think about wiring, plumbing, and HVAC. Also, how do you put a roof on a wavy walled structure like those in the video? It seems to me you would have to build walls inside of the concrete walls to house electrical, plumbing, and HVAC. Then drywall, paint, trim. Sounds like it would cost almost twice as much. With brick veneer, you tie the brick veneer to the framed structure so they are attached. I guess it would be cheaper if you didn't want any utilities and wanted the concrete to be the final finish.

Ai and automation built homes using weatherproof, durable materials at very low cost could create beautiful low cost futuristic homes.

I've always wanted to live in a hornet's nest.

@RealPratikS does this solve any of the actual bottlenecks in housing on the COGS side?

yea i cant wait until we actually need oddly shaped buildings with no utility

This will be my slave quarters

If you want to live in a concrete intestine, then this is for you.

I don’t see any rebar? Is that an issue?

OMFG YES!!!! I wants it!

Two questions: How long does it take in real time? Who'd want to live in one?

Those layer lines look pretty good. How does it achieve the accuracy with that long boom length ?

Give me one of these and I will create cathedrals and palaces that rival those of old.

@NASAAdmin @rookisaacman PRINT MOONBASE?

Have they solved the drying, contraction and cracking problems?

Watxh the resurgence of home courtyards just because this thing will be building from the centre lol

@grok respectfully, where the fck is this

They had this style of construction before the 21st century

The results look like shit. Given the high carbon footprint of concrete/cement perhaps design more eco-friendly structures. Rammed earth walls would be a good start

How its going vs how it started:

Always saying more affordable but reality is not only the technology costs more but the end product as well…this tech is always doing the opposite of what it claims

Makes absolutely perfect sense, use a crabe base with fast setup time rather than the gantry type frame that is far more complex. Nevertheless, if the material is sourced locally, even dirt like Wasp is doing, the cost for homes can drop significantly 👍🙏

Amazing! Modern construction is disposable, moldy, overpriced trash. Printed concrete shells could last centuries. Far stronger, water tight, no mold or rot, earthquake resistant.

What does the finished product look like? I don’t wanna live in a beehive

$HGRAF. They should be in talks with Hydrograph.