World's first tower crane 3D printer can build 328-feet structures
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A tower crane that doesn't just lift steel and concrete, but actually prints a building. That's the vision behind Ascend, a new machine unveiled by Melbourne-based robotics company Luyten.
The system integrates robotic concrete printing, AI, and digital construction workflows directly into a tower crane, capable of reaching 328 feet in height with a working radius of 45 meters.
"The construction industry has spent decades trying to automate around the tower crane," said Luyten founder and CEO Ahmed Mahil. "We chose a different path. We turned the tower crane itself into a robot."
The machine can be installed in one to two days and addresses real pressures facing the industry: labor shortages, rising housing demand, and material waste.
Mahil sees this as the beginning of something much larger. "Physical assets that once moved materials will become digitally enabled manufacturing systems," he said. "The tower crane helped build the modern skyline."
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