Just over a year ago, I was introduced to an early prototype of the SkyMul SkyTy, which is a robotic drone with a rebar tying attachment designed to autonomously locate and tie rebar on the jobsite. After a year of tweaks and advancements, SkyMul is now on their third prototype and they showed off those improvements in a new video.
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Tying rebar is an extremely repetitive and strenuous job, but it’s an essential part of most concrete roads, bridges, and buildings. Typically, rodbusters use hand tools for this work on the jobsite, but my recent visit to the World of Concrete in Las Vegas made me realize how much innovation there has been in the space in the past few years.
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