Building from the air: drones as builders of the future

Test wall in the "DroneHub" with modular components for experiments with flying building robots. — © Empa DMZ – SCIENCE ¦ MM ¦ AA ¦ Empa and EPFL show new ways in the construction sector with autonomous flying robots on Dübendorf – they fly, they build – and they could revolutionize the construction industry: A research team of the Swiss Federal Institute for Materials Testing and Research (Empa) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lau…