Origin’s $20M Raise, Construction’s Robotics Problem, Anthropic’s AI Warning & Groundworks Summit

<p>Manufacturing in Europe runs 267 robots per 10,000 workers. Construction runs close to zero.</p><p>That gap is why we are hosting Groundworks on 11 November. It is also why Origin exists.</p><p>Yogesh Ghaturle joined Bricks, Bucks &amp; Bytes the day Origin came out of stealth with $20M to put autonomous robots to work on interior construction.</p><ul><li><p>Why the last wave of drywall robots failed, and what has changed since</p></li><li><p>The throughput question every contractor asks before anything else</p></li><li><p>US contractors want to rent. European contractors want to buy the outcome.</p></li></ul><p>Martin&#39;s verdict: commercially viable on big jobs, hard to see on small and medium sites.</p><p>So, a business or a science project?</p><p>Full episode live on Youtube and Spotify. Link in comments.</p><p>#constructiontech #ai #aec #bricksbucksandbytes #bricksandbytes</p><p>Chapters</p><p>00:00 Teaser</p><p>01:21 Bricks, Bucks &amp; Bytes Podcast</p><p>03:07 Groundworks Summit: Construction Robotics Event in London</p><p>10:43 AI in Engineering and Construction: Productivity Gains for Small Firms</p><p>13:19 OpenAI Recording Device Case and AI Cybersecurity Risks</p><p>17:39 Origin Raises $20M: Autonomous Robots for Construction</p><p>20:19 Interior Construction Automation: Wall Finishing Robots</p><p>21:34 Construction Action Models: How Origin&#39;s Robot AI Works</p><p>26:13 Commercialising Construction Robots: Pilots, Customers and Throughput</p><p>31:29 Hardest Challenges in Building Interior Construction Robots</p><p>33:08 Construction Robotics Business Models: Rental vs Outcome-as-a-Service</p><p><br></p>