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MESH AG

Robotic cell that tends rebar cut and bend machines and ties or welds rebar cages

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Deployments

How it works on your site

Mesh AG, an ETH Zurich spin-off, builds arm-mounted robotic cells for reinforcement work in two product lines. Line A automates a rebar fabricator's own shop floor: PLAN schedules the work, ACTUATE tends the cut and bend machines a shop already owns, NODE ties or welds bar crossings, and ASSEMBLE joins cages with several robots working together; Line B (Mesh Mould) fabricates reinforcement modules off site that crews then prop, fill without formwork using a Sika-developed mix, and finish with shotcrete. Mesh AG is shipping with 7 confirmed deployments on record, its production work in Switzerland, where it rents its technology to reinforcement manufacturers from a hall in Birr with about 10 staff; the latest dated signal in the record is a March 2026 funding round, and no product update is recorded since.

Component Fabrication (Panels, Frames)

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Field outcomes

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MESH AG robots tied rebar crossings for prefabricated concrete elements of the second Gotthard road tunnel, a contract of about 10,000 reinforcement cages.

Second Gotthard road tunnel, Switzerland

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MESH AG systems were operating in Swiss rebar shops and prefabrication plants, where industrial robots handled, placed and joined rebar autonomously.

Swiss rebar shops and prefabrication plants, Switzerland

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Gramazio Kohler Research / ETH Zurich presented A Robot's Dream at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, with a rebar structure built by MESH AG using robots and low-carbon steel.

A Robot's Dream, 19th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy

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Will it work on your site

Sustained throughput: 1,250 kg/hourACTUATE only; vendor-stated
Control interface: Software dashboard (PLAN)Plus HMI applications; vendor-stated
BIM/CAD requirements: BIM, .ifc and .bvbs inputVendor-stated; .bvbs is Europe's rebar interchange format
Operating environment, Line A: Rebar shop or precast plant floorCages leave ready to ship or concrete
Operating environment, Line B: Construction site, after off-site module fabricationProps, concrete pumping and shotcrete on site
Connectivity: Networked; MES/ERP integration claimedLine A only; vendor-stated

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