en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, France's Haulotte Group and French deep-tech startup Builder Assist announced an innovative partnership, jointly developing a technical solution to integrate the robotic arm Surface Assist onto aerial work platforms. The system aims to address core pain points in the construction industry, such as skilled labor shortages, high safety risks in aerial work, and the intensity of repetitive tasks. Field tests are currently underway on multiple Haulotte aerial work platforms.
Founded in 1881 and headquartered in Lorette, Loire, France, Haulotte Group was listed on Euronext Paris in 1998. It is a global leading manufacturer and supplier of aerial work platforms, covering design, manufacturing, sales, and supporting services. The group holds a leading position in the European aerial work platform market, with manufacturing plants in France, Romania, China, and other locations, offering products with working heights ranging from 4 to 43 meters. Builder Assist is a deep-tech startup specializing in construction robotics, having developed the Surface Assist modular robotic platform. This platform features a six-axis collaborative robotic arm (with a payload of 30 kg and a repeat positioning accuracy of ±0.2 mm), a 3D/AI perception system (with ranging accuracy of ±2 mm at 80 meters and 0.5 mm at 30 cm), and an AI computing unit (with a computing power of 2000 trillion operations per second), capable of performing tasks such as drilling, spraying, plastering, and inspection. In May of the same year, Builder Assist also established a collaboration with Schneider Electric on robotics technology.
Surface Assist has currently been integrated into multiple Haulotte aerial work platform models, including the Star 6, Star 8S, and HA20 RTJ, for field tests in scenarios such as high-altitude drilling and curtain wall spraying. According to Builder Assist, the Drill Assist module covers drilling diameters from 5 to 40 mm and depths up to 1000 mm, reducing the cost per hole by 47%, increasing operational speed by four times, achieving positioning accuracy of ±2 mm, and enabling automatic labeling of construction data and generation of compliance reports. Alban Brisy, co-founder and CEO of Builder Assist, stated that construction robots are only valuable when deployed where they are most needed, and combining Haulotte's expertise in aerial work with robotics can truly serve practical construction applications. Philippe Luminet, Innovation Director at Haulotte, noted that embedded robots open up new application prospects for aerial work.
This partnership continues Haulotte's robot integration strategy. Since 2020, Haulotte has been collaborating with autonomous mobile painting robot company AMBPR on large-area cleaning and painting in the maritime and industrial sectors. Haulotte plans to expand the functionality of aerial work platforms from simple personnel transport to automated task execution through partnerships with innovative partners like Builder Assist. This testing phase will evaluate market acceptance and the practical operational value of integrated robotic solutions, providing a new reference path for expanding the functionality of aerial work platforms and automating construction processes.
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