Robot shaves time from Windover Construction's laser-scanning process

Autodesk Innovator of the Year Amr Raafat has teamed with a robot software company to develop an autonomous laser scanning and layout planning robot that is being used on Windover Construction work sites. The robot is able to move around on uneven surfaces to predetermined locations to scan indoor and outdoor spaces, as well as to measure and draw plans for walls and spaces that would need to be meticulously measured by a human, according to Raafat, Windover Construction’s vice president of VDC and technology. The robot can take what is some of the most tedious, but essential, work people do and perform the tasks more accurately, while freeing up workers onsite for more important tasks.