A challenge in the market

It’s no surprise that the housing market is largely unattainable and inaccessible for most young people and a significant hindrance to residential home builders—this became AUAR’s inspiration. The company acknowledges that skyrocketing costs, an increasingly fragmented value chain, and an increasing labor shortage make it extremely difficult for the home-building industry to produce sustainable and affordable homes. 

According to AUAR, large modular factories are also failing. They’re expensive to open and maintain, and they’re often unable to provide the cost savings they promise consumers. 

How Automated Architecture swoops in with a fix

AUAR provides remote support partners with AI-powered software that helps with everything from design to manufacturing. Their No CapEX ‘hardware-as-a-service’ model allows pop-up Micro-Factories to take on a project, which is then executed by an AUAR partner, who is quickly set up without significant capital expenses. 

These partners can automate thousands of hours of otherwise inefficient manual home construction processes. They can make a single timber home in less than 12 hours, which results in a $3.1 million ROI opportunity annually for each Micro-Factory. 

Key features include:

• Pop-up, Plug & Play Micro-factories for partners to utilize
• AI-driven software streamlining the design-to-manufacturing process
• Flexible, No CapEx contracts
• Low-cost and high quality Timber Frame Building Systems
• Resources and learnings from across the AUAR ecosystem

AUAR is committed to providing a sustainable and accessible global automated construction ecosystem. With the features and technology they leverage, they might make this a reality. 

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Raise Robitics’ technological solutions are designed to help alleviate the industry’s worker shortage, improve safety by reducing worker presence in dangerous situations, and reduce overhead costs. 

Best of all, it all started with a LinkedIn Message. 

A connection request today, a company tomorrow

The Raise Robotics founding story started with Gary contacting Conley on LinkedIn. Gary had been working on autonomous vehicles at Waymo, and Conley had years of experience in crane operation and construction equipment and was working on specialized construction projects.

While very different, the combination of backgrounds converged beautifully. Gary hadn’t reached out with the intent to start a company but simply to inquire about construction challenges in dense housing development. What they ended up with was a way to revolutionize building envelope installation. 

Fast-forward to today and Raise Robotics is filling the gap. It’s estimated that the construction industry is short about 650,000 skilled workers, which results in construction delays, costing companies millions. Raise Robotics’ robots are designed to improve job site efficiency by reducing an entire crew (6-8 people) to just a single operator—and they do the work faster, freeing up time and labor for other tasks. While quality control and safety are the primary drivers for Raise Robotics, the increased efficiency output is a bonus. 

Robot Specs

Raise Robotics machines are designed to produce building envelopes—everything that wraps a building’s exterior. Traditionally, workers in compromised positions over the edge of the building install the facade brackets. By having the robots work around the edges, safety is increased without sacrificing the quality of the installation. 

These robots have:

• A 57” maximum vertical reach
• An 80lb payload
• A 68” maximum horizontal reach

The robots can handle object manipulation, driving, layout, drilling, and welding. Essentially, they equip contractors with an extra set of hands, helping companies build better by ensuring high-quality construction and safer job sites. 

With Raise Robotics machines, jobsites become easier, safer, and produce better and more consistent results. 

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