Drones with Nail Guns Nail Roofing
New Autonomous Roofers in Town Source: University of Michigan Autonomous Roofers University of Michigan engineers and roboticists have invented a drone that can put a new roof on your house and do it autonomously. The drone nails shingle to a rooftop and decides in flight where to target the nails. The aerial vehicle is autonomous, positions the nail gun on a nailing point, places the nail and then moves on to the next point without any human intervention. It's a cutting edge example of drones being capable of what can be dangerous construction work for humans. Octocopter The drone is a DJI S1000 octocopter equipped with a standard nail gun. The drone uses a system of cameras and markers to cover test roofs with asphalt shingles. The roofs have a range of slopes. Machine Vs. Human Right now, the University of Michigan team says the drone is less effective than a human roofer. But they think the system will be improved by a power tethered system.