Baubot
Company typeGmbH
IndustryRobotics, Construction Machinery
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017) in Vienna, Austria
FounderDr. Herwig Hengl
Headquarters,
Area served
Global
Number of employees
~30 (2023)
Parentfischerwerke
Websitebaubot.com

Baubot is an Austrian robotics company specialized in creating multi-purpose robotic systems primarily for the construction industry. Since 2021 the company has been an independent subsidiary of the German manufacturer fischerwerke GmbH & Co. KG..[1].

The name Baubot is a German language portmanteau of the words bauen (construction) and robot.

History edit

The company was founded in 2017 as a spinoff of the Vienna University of Technology under the name Printstones[2]. The initial aim of the company was to utilize additive manufacturing to automate the creation of bespoke concrete parts - in particular paving stones - with less material and without the need for conventional formwork.

In 2020 the company pivoted away from additive manufacturing systems into general-purpose construction robots[3] which can be modularly expanded and adapted [4].

The German manufacturer fischerwerke took over a majority share of Baubot in 2021 for an undisclosed sum [5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Digitalisierung auf der Baustelle: Wenn der Dübel mit dem Handy spricht". Der Standard (in German). Vienna, Austria. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  2. ^ "PrintStones". Austria Wirtschaftsservice (in Austrian German). Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  3. ^ John Biggs (14 April 2021). "Contractors, Beware: This Robot Is Coming for Your Job". Gizmodo. New York, NY: G/O Media. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Baubot: Modular erweiterbarer Roboter soll auf Baustellen helfen". Heise (in German). Hanover, Germany. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Mit dem Roboter auf die Baustelle – So modernisiert sich der Dübelspezialist Fischer". Handelsblatt (in German). Dusseldorf, Germany. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2023.