"Tool brand DeWalt has just revealed a downward-drilling robot that can autonomously roam the floors of under construction data centers to drill the thousands of holes that are necessary for installing server hardware and other building elements. Developed in conjunction with August Robotics and tested on data centers being built by an unnamed "hyperscaler" tech company, the autonomous robotic drill has been used to pop more than 90,000 holes into the floors of data centers, all without human involvement."
"A task that can take human workers up to two months in a large data center can now be handled by a fleet of three or four robots in a matter of days. "That is so critical from a construction perspective, because they can't move to the next stage of construction until this is done," says Bill Beck, president of tools and outdoor for Stanley Black and Decker, the parent company of the DeWalt brand."
An autonomous downward-drilling robot from DeWalt, developed with August Robotics, can roam under-construction data-center floors to drill thousands of precise holes required for installing server hardware and other building elements. The robot has been used on a hyperscaler’s construction sites to drill over 90,000 holes without human involvement. It drills small holes in about 80 seconds and larger holes in about 180 seconds, achieving a pilot-phase accuracy of 99.97% and capable of 24/7 operation. A fleet of three or four robots can complete work that would take human crews up to two months in mere days, accelerating construction timelines.
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