Canvas Partners with International Union on Novel Drywalling Robot

Analysis:
Drywall finishing represents one of the dirtiest jobs in construction. It’s also often over budget and behind schedule. Canvas is changing this by putting better tools in the hands of construction workers by creating a new class of robotics.

Canvas also partnered with leading builders, including Webcor, Swinerton, and Suffolk, and District Council 16 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. This will not only help improve the technology, it gets the robot into the hands of more skilled operators. Canvas’ approach will help construction workers familiarize themselves with and accept robotic technology, which is often a barrier to adoption in many industries.

Canvas considers itself a tech-enabled drywall subcontractor, not a robotics company. Canvas was set up as a construction company for go-to-market purposes, and the company is hired just like any other subcontractor, except it arrives at the jobsite with state-of-the-art robots in tow. – Steve Crowe

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