Our very first completed building was a garage designed to house a Bentley. It marked an important milestone in proving that our robotic construction system could produce real buildings.

Following the successful completion of the garage, we manufactured and shipped the main building.

Our distributor in England assembled the entire house for the first time with a crew of just three workers, completing the installation in only four days.

These impressive elliptical spiral stairs were machined from solid logs in just a few hours.

I am developing an additional rotary axis that will allow all cutting operations to be completed in a single setup, eliminating the need to rotate the log manually. With this improvement, similar cuts should take approximately 20 to 30 minutes.

This animation demonstrates the complete assembly sequence of a log cabin, showing how the individual components fit together to form the finished building.

Such visualisations are useful for customer presentations, advertising, and step-by-step assembly instructions for contractors.

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A chainsaw can remove large sections of wood in a single pass, significantly reducing cutting time and producing far less sawdust than conventional end milling. The removed pieces can also be reused as firewood instead of being reduced to waste.

This video shows the first test of our custom-designed and built robotic chainsaw. Our main objective was to determine whether it could produce a straight, clean, and accurate cut. The results confirmed that it could, offering a considerably more economical alternative to a large milling spindle.

We also tested what happens when the chainsaw bar exits and re-enters the wood during a cut. The result was encouraging: with the correct chain, the cut remains straight and clean.

Using ABB MultiMove control, both robots can perform cutting operations simultaneously while remaining precisely synchronized.

This demonstration shows how the robot cuts a complete window opening directly into solid logs while simultaneously shaping the ends to match the surrounding scribe lines.

A behind-the-scenes look at the robotic cutting operations and manufacturing processes used to build a complete log cabin in our Edmonton, Alberta, workshop.

Our robots can even machine features on the underside of a log. These operations require careful planning and some manual intervention to ensure sufficient clearance between the robot, cutting tool, workpiece, and surrounding equipment.

The robot can produce rounded tenons in a wide range of diameters, limited primarily by its working reach. We use these connections for metal fittings on structural posts and other custom joinery applications.

The complete scribe line geometry is calculated automatically in AbbyCam and then transferred to the robot for precise cutting. This allows complex log-to-log connections to be manufactured directly from the digital model.

Our machine shop in North Bay presented an unusual challenge: there was not enough space for a conventional robot installation.

The robots were too tall to pass through the workshop doors in their normal operating positions. Rather than redesigning the building, I programmed a coordinated sequence of movements that allows the robots to manoeuvre through the openings.

It is a good example of how flexible robotic automation can solve practical problems that would be difficult to address with conventional machinery.

Our fully automatic tool-changing system offers exceptional flexibility. Unlike conventional systems, the tool holder does not have to remain in one fixed location.

With just a single setting to adjust, the robot can pick up a tool from almost anywhere within its reach, including overhead positions. This makes it much easier to adapt the system to different workshop layouts and production requirements.