Technology would be used during insulating procedures in hard-to-access underfloor spaces

A robot has received BBA accreditation to work on UK construction sites in what is being claimed as an industry first.

The 鈥楽prayBot鈥� is not fully autonomous, since it needs to be controlled by an operator. It would be used during insulating procedures in hard-to-access underfloor spaces.

The firm behind the technology, South London-based Q-Bot, said that far from destroying jobs 鈥渢hese robots create them, requiring two skilled operatives to control the robot and manage the installation鈥�.

Q-Bot said it has developed a range of intelligent processes, 鈥渕aking the retrofit of existing homes cheaper, faster and less disruptive, while improving energy efficiency and the quality of construction work compared to the manual, labour intensive alternatives鈥�.

In this case, the robots crawl under old homes and insulate the floor from below 鈥� as they can fit into floor voids which are typically only a foot deep.

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