Giant Robots to destroy Madrid Tower
I wrote about the
fire at the Madrid office building the other day.
Now, from
Reuters comes the story of how the construction company is planning to demolish it:
bq.
Hanging Robots to Help Demolish Gutted Tower
Robots suspended from cranes will help demolish the skeleton of one of Madrid's tallest buildings destroyed by a weekend fire because the ruin is too dangerous to be handled by workers, city authorities said Friday.
bq. Demolition of the 32-storey skyscraper in the heart of Madrid, which is poised above four underground train lines, a major road and a vast department store, still presents unknown difficulties.
bq. An alternative proposal to blow up the building in a controlled demolition, after first filling the network of subterranean road tunnels below it with sand, had been rejected as too risky, the city hall said.
That is an interesting engineering task. There was no picture with the news item but it will be interesting to see what the robots capabilities are.
Posted by DaveH at February 18, 2005 5:58 PM