Advanced Construction Robotics
Making its U.S. debut at the 2020 World of Concrete show,
TyBot has had a busy year working on bridge projects throughout the U.S. The concrete rebar tying robot just tied its 2 millionth job tie.
“We’re not a prototype or a science experiment or a university study,” says Jeremy Searock, co-founder and president of TyBot s maker, Advanced Construction Robots. “TyBot is a product that’s doing real work.”
What is it?
But before we go into what TyBot does, let’s first look at what it is. TyBot is an autonomous robotic rebar-tying system, the first in ACR’s envisioned line of autonomous robotic equipment.
Montoursville, Pa. â As 2020 nears its end, PennDOT Engineering District 3-0 is wrapping up another busy construction season in northcentral Pennsylvania.
The nine-county district opened bids for 53 contracts totaling nearly $68.8 million in value. Of those contracts, 30 were for roadway work and 23 were for bridge work.Â
More than 138 miles of paving and 246 miles of seal coating (tar and chip) were completed in the district in 2020.
Work was performed on 72 state-owned bridges by contractors or department forces. This included the replacement or rehabilitation of 22 bridges, and preservation work on 50 bridges in good condition to extend the life of those bridges. Â
This work included 11 small bridge projects and 2 bridge preservation projects completed by department force crews. The district has been able to stretch limited resources by using in-house capabilities such as paving and bridge crews to complete work.