Rufus still laying asphalt shingles on steep roofs from the Navy Yard

Brooklyn. Cable-driven arm. The crew stays off the slope; CertainTeed on the sheet.

Renovate Robotics unveiled Rufus V1, a cable-driven rooftop arm that installs asphalt shingles on steep residential roofs. TechCrunch: faster and more accurate than prior prototypes while roughly half the weight.

Modular end effectors are the roadmap - shingles first; company says tear-off and solar installs come later. Brooklyn Navy Yard base; CertainTeed appears on the product sheet in FoB catalog notes.

Roofing remains one of construction’s highest-injury trades. Rufus is the published machine aimed at that deck.

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