Let the robot do the overhead work.
A drilling robot turns a digital services layout into marked holes overhead.
LI LiechtensteinIn practice. A supervised overhead-drilling robot launched in 2020, using model-derived positions and total-station referencing.
What to keep in view
Coordinate alignment, operator supervision and task setup remain essential.
Turn a digital plan into overhead holes
Launched in 2020, Hilti Jaibot uses positions derived from a building information model and total-station referencing to drill overhead holes. An operator positions and supervises the machine. Drilling proceeds within its working reach.
The link between a digital plan and a physical building is often a worker repeating marks and measurements. Jaibot turns a bounded part of that link into executable work. The important unit is one repetitive bottleneck with clear coordinates, not an imagined autonomous construction site.
Coordinate the robot with the site
From manually transferring each ceiling position to supervised drilling from referenced digital coordinates.
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