Solution Overview
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Scarcity of construction workers
Repetitive, physically draining tasks are not attractive
Exposure to sanding dust, paint smells and fumes affect workeer’s health long term
With strong drop in residential new build in Europe since 2022, the workforce has not renewed itself, and the labor shortage will be even greater when construction resumes to the level needed to meet housing needs
Our Solution:
It does the most painful, repetitive construction finishing tasks such as painting, plastering, sanding of interior surfaces (walls and ceilings) autonomously
3 steps:
1 the operator scans the room (30 seconds),
2 validates and selects on a tablet the surfaces to be treated
3 The robot starts working; the operator leaves the room and works nearby doing tasks the robot does not do (masking, work in small / narrow rooms …)
One hour of robot work time requires 20 minutes of the operator’s time to: scan, validate, reload the paint, change the battery (3,5 hours autonomy), move the robot to the next room (in the future it will do that autonomously)
It already has the CE certification
The painting version weighs 305 kg including paint and battery: it fits in an elevator, can be brought on the job site by one person, transportable in any regular van.
How it works:
The robot is truly autonomous, not remote controlled
> It can do walls AND ceilings
> It reaches in one pass the same quality level as three coats of paint and two of plaster
> It reduces paint consumption by at least 10%
It circumvents the labor availability issues often faced by contractors, especially at the end of the construction cycle
It reaches 3.5 meters height, covering the vast majority of plastering and painting surfaces
Currently targeting new build, a second version planned for next year will have a more agile footprint
Classification & Use Cases
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Key use cases in practice:
Maturity & Traction
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Impact & SDGs
Contribution to any of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals:
Good Health and Well-being, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Responsible Consumption and Production
– Good health and well being: the worker does not perform repetitive tasks, handling an airless paint spraying gun, does not need to be crooking his/her neck up as they point the spraying gun to the ceiling
– Decent Work: the worker’s skilled knowldge of painting and plastering is still needed, to ensure that the work is done correctly; only the painful part is strongly reduced; we add the interesting tasks of operating a robot, appealing to different skills
– Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure: as it lowers the cost of construction, it contributes to more affordable houses, schools, hospitals etc
Main impact areas
Damien Delerue | Degom | Returning Customer
Funding status:
Participation if invited:
Team & Organization
Founding team:
Antoine Rennuit: founder, PhD roboticist with Airbus; built the PACO platform & the patent portfolio.
Sidoine Cousin: Robotics Engineer
Hugo Laloge: Software Engineer
