BuildTech showcases innovative tech for construction sector

Singapore

CAN robots build cities? Increasingly so, it appears.

Singapore-based Japanese construction firm Kajima uses its Mighty Hand robot to lift heavy materials such as concrete and glass to assemble walls in Japan, under human supervision.

South Korean company Roboprint, which has a subsidiary in Singapore, makes robots that can paint the walls of high-rise buildings, making it safer for workers.

Such innovative technologies in the building and construction sector were showcased on Monday at the eighth edition of BuildTech Asia. The trade exhibition, which is being held from Oct…