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Full-service floor layout printer; Rugged's crew runs every deployment
- 12
- Deployments
- 7
- Companies that ran it
How it works on your site
The Rugged Robotics Mark1 is a compact wheeled robot that prints construction floor layout (lines, text, symbols, and annotations) directly onto concrete slabs from Revit, AutoCAD, or CSV files. It covers wall lines, door and window openings, MEP penetrations, and finish boundaries in a single multi-trade pass; Rugged's own team processes BIM files and operates the robot on site in a full-service Layout-as-a-Service model. The Mark1 has been shipping since 2021.
Door and Window Opening Layout
Door and window opening marks print alongside wall lines in the same deployment pass; the robot's 5.5-inch printhead lays down opening dimensions, hardware locations, and build-by-number annotations that framers read directly off the slab. The holonomic drive strafe-prints around existing obstructions and openings without repositioning.
Finish Boundary Marking
Finish boundaries, flooring transition lines, and architectural features print in the same pass as structural layout. The wide printhead renders boundary patterns and contour details legible to flooring crews without secondary markup.
MEP Penetration Marking
MEP pass-throughs, HVAC penetrations, and drain pipe locations print as symbols and annotations with the 5.5-inch printhead. The smudge-proof ink remains readable through subsequent concrete pours and foot traffic, giving mechanical and plumbing trades a persistent reference on the slab.
Wall Line Marking
The Mark1 prints wall track lines by navigating the slab on its holonomic drive system, referencing passive targets placed on control points instead of a robotic total station. Rugged's VDC team processes the coordinated BIM model and the robot prints all trade lines from a single source file, eliminating conflicts from separate crews using different measurement baselines.
Who has run it
12 deployments · 7 companies · 1 country
Will it work on your site
- Surface
- Concrete slab (unfinished or cured)None
- Pre-job inputs
- Revit, AutoCAD DWG, IFC, PDFRugged VDC team processes files
- Environment
- Indoor (documented deployments are interior multi-storey builds)None
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