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The world’s largest gantry robots

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Manufacturer: ERNE
Application: Construction of a wooden roof structure 

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The gantry robot is able to cut, mill, nail, bond, screw, and lift the pieces that make up the roof truss.
Image credit: ERNE
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The free-form roof is made up of over 48,600 square timbers.
Image credit: Andrea Diglas, ITA/Arch-Tec-Lab AG

The roof of the Institute of Technology (ITA) at ETH in Zurich, Switzerland is an impressive undulating design, constructed by a gantry robot from ERNE.

  • 48 meters (157.5 feet) long
  • The gantry robot was responsible for complete fabrication of the roof trusses

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  1. ganapathiraju venkatarao says

    Excited to know that such large robotic systems exist. Thanks for the introductory info. We need more info on such developments.

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