TailorCrete was a 4,5-year-long collaborative EU-funded research project that aimed at integrating robotics and automation processes into the concrete construction industry. The mission was to enable the cost-effective construction of complex concrete forms. Today, the development of emergent robotic technologies and digital design tools has situated the concrete construction industry at a critical juncture. As such, TailorCrete aimed to transform the European construction sector from a material-driven industry to a knowledge-driven one. Led by the Danish Technology Institute, and funded by a multi-year grant from EU’s Seventh Framework Program, TailorCrete drew from both the public and private sectors within the EU and neighboring states. TailorCrete’s participants include: Bekaert, Chalmers, Czech Technical University, DesignToProduction, Dragados, ETH Zürich, Gibotech, Grace, MT Højgaard, Paschal Danmark A/S, Superpool, Unicon, and University of Southern Denmark.
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