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BIM Layout Printing Robots

Robots that take the BIM model to the slab, printing full-scale floor plans every trade can build from.

9 robots · 11 companies · from the Future of Built file

By trade

  • Drilling · 4
  • Layout · 4
  • Inspection · 1

Robots

FieldPrinterLayoutBuiltWorlds 2026

Dusty Robotics

FieldPrinter

BIM, printed on the slab.

Deployed

JaibotDrillingBuiltWorlds 2026

Hilti

Jaibot

Overhead holes. Millimetre from BIM.

Deployed

MechasysDrillingBuiltWorlds 2026

Mechasys

Mechasys

Hangers and sleeves from the model.

Deployed

nLink drillDrillingBuiltWorlds 2026

nLink

nLink drill

Thousands of overhead holes. From BIM.

Deployed

Drillcorpio D3DrillingBuiltWorlds 2026

CSC Robotics

Drillcorpio D3

Ceiling hangers. Wall anchors. Dust in the vac.

Deployed

ScoutInspectionBuiltWorlds 2023

Scaled Robotics

Scout

Walks the slab. Scores it against the model.

Deployed

Lionel marking fleetLayout

August Robotics

Lionel marking fleet

Autonomous floor-marking robot fleet for exhibitions and large decks

Deployed

COROSOLS layoutLayout

Corosols

COROSOLS layout

Traces the BIM on the slab.

Pilot

Xiao Mo M10Layout

Daoshan Intelligent Robot

Xiao Mo M10

Marks the floor to a millimeter.

Deployed

Companies

  • Dusty Robotics · Mountain View, United States · founded 2018

    Prints full-scale BIM layouts onto slabs so every trade works from the same floor drawing - no chalk lines, no tape.

  • nLink · Oslo, Norway · founded 2016

    Autonomous ceiling drilling. The robot marks and drills thousands of holes from BIM so electricians stop looking up all day.

  • Hilti · Schaan, Liechtenstein · founded 1941

    Jaibot is a semi-autonomous ceiling drilling robot that executes BIM-coordinated overhead work with dust extraction built in.

  • Mechasys · Montreal, Canada · founded 2018

    Robotic layout and installation for MEP - hangers, sleeves, and overhead components placed from coordinated BIM.

  • Scaled Robotics · Barcelona, Spain · founded 2016

    Mobile robots that scan the jobsite and compare it to the BIM model. Quality control that does not wait for the punch list.

  • CSC Robotics · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2019

    Autonomous ceiling and wall drilling from BIM. Hangers and sleeves on Asian high-rises without a week of layout.

  • Buildroid AI · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · founded 2024

    BIM-sim masonry coordination. UAE pilots, US commercial next. The digital twin before the brick.

  • August Robotics · Las Vegas, United States · founded 2018

    Lionel marks CAD and BIM layouts on the slab so the chalk line is not the bottleneck. Las Vegas with yards in HK Science Park, Düsseldorf, Melbourne, and Shenzhen. Layout robot, not a survey toy.

  • Corosols · Ben Guerir, Morocco · founded 2022

    Total-station-guided BIM floor-layout tracing robot on a RaaS model. Ben Guerir / UM6P. Casablanca award 2026, JESA pilot, BBC Arabic coverage.

  • AKTIO Corporation · Tokyo, Japan · founded 1967

    Strider is a remote low-bed heavy material carrier - rental live July 2025. Tokyo. BIM autonomous pallet and board transport in commercialization beside it.

  • Daoshan Intelligent Robot · Foshan, China · founded 2019

    Xiao Mo M10 marks indoor floors from BIM/CAD to about +/-1 mm. Foshan. CATL layout case claims on the product page.

Frequently asked questions

How does BIM layout printing work?
The robot localizes itself on the slab with a total station or sensors and prints the model's lines and text at full scale.
Which companies are on the bim layout printing robots list?
Future of Built lists 11 companies here, including Dusty Robotics, nLink, Hilti, Mechasys, Scaled Robotics, CSC Robotics, Buildroid AI and August Robotics.
Where are these companies headquartered?
By headquarters: United States (2), Canada (1), China (1), Hong Kong (1), Japan (1).
How many of these robots are deployed?
Of the 9 robots on this page, 8 deployed, 1 pilot, per the Future of Built file.

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