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CAN SMART ROBOTS UPGRADE OUR COUNTRY’S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY? 18
By Linda Eales, robotics division manager: ABB South Africa Can robots help alleviate SA’s low-cost housing shortage and give the local construction industry the boost it needs to get back on the path to profitability? Judging by the growing number of successful robot-driven construction sites around the world, it is not too far-fetched. (Above): The newest addition to ABB’s #collaborativerobots portfolio, #GoFa, continues to impress manufacturers with its intelligent, intuitive and easy-to-use design. GoFa won the "Top Design" award at the European Product Design Awards 2021. Designed with first-time users in mind, GoFa reflects ABB’s world-leading competence in industrial #robotics and combines it with the#safe aesthetics and familiarity of a consumer product.
SOUTH AFRICAN BUILDER NOVEMBER 2021
