Diamond Age to boost home construction via robot arms, 3D printing

03 Sep 2021 CW Team

San Francisco Bay Area-based Diamond Age announced that it has raised $8 million to ramp up home construction with robot arms and 3D printing.

Dolby Family Ventures, Calm Ventures, Gaingels, Towerview Ventures, GFA Venture Partners, and Suffolk Construction are among the investors in the seed round, which is led by Prime Movers Lab and Alpaca VC.

The startup aims to put a slew of key emerging technologies to work in the service of building houses with fewer workers in a much shorter amount of time.

Diamond Age asserts that once its technology is fully realised, it will be able to reduce manual human labour by 55% and reduce the time it takes to construct a single-family home from nine months to 30 days.

A portion of the money will be used to set up the processes for building a 1,100 sq foot demonstration house as proof of concept.

The company relies on robotic and 3D printing solutions in particular. The former entails a collection of 26 robotic arm attachments to aid in the construction process. The interior and exterior walls of the structure are built using this technology in conjunction with gantry-based 3D printing.

The company is focusing on the housing shortage in its backyard, the Bay Area. Construction companies will be able to rent the systems through a Robotics as a Service(RaaS) rental model. The system's pricing details have yet to be revealed.

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is the process of creating a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model.

A robotic arm is a type of mechanical arm that performs functions similar to those of a human arm and is usually programmable. The arm can be the sum of the mechanism or part of a larger robot.

The manipulator's links are connected by joints that allow for either rotational or translational movement. The manipulator's links can be thought of as a kinematic chain. The end effector, which is analogous to the human hand, is the end of the manipulator's kinematic chain. However, the term robotic hand is frequently used as a synonym for a robotic arm.

Image Source

San Francisco Bay Area-based Diamond Age announced that it has raised $8 million to ramp up home construction with robot arms and 3D printing.Dolby Family Ventures, Calm Ventures, Gaingels, Towerview Ventures, GFA Venture Partners, and Suffolk Construction are among the investors in the seed round, which is led by Prime Movers Lab and Alpaca VC.The startup aims to put a slew of key emerging technologies to work in the service of building houses with fewer workers in a much shorter amount of time.Diamond Age asserts that once its technology is fully realised, it will be able to reduce manual human labour by 55% and reduce the time it takes to construct a single-family home from nine months to 30 days.A portion of the money will be used to set up the processes for building a 1,100 sq foot demonstration house as proof of concept.The company relies on robotic and 3D printing solutions in particular. The former entails a collection of 26 robotic arm attachments to aid in the construction process. The interior and exterior walls of the structure are built using this technology in conjunction with gantry-based 3D printing.The company is focusing on the housing shortage in its backyard, the Bay Area. Construction companies will be able to rent the systems through a Robotics as a Service(RaaS) rental model. The system's pricing details have yet to be revealed.Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is the process of creating a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model.A robotic arm is a type of mechanical arm that performs functions similar to those of a human arm and is usually programmable. The arm can be the sum of the mechanism or part of a larger robot.The manipulator's links are connected by joints that allow for either rotational or translational movement. The manipulator's links can be thought of as a kinematic chain. The end effector, which is analogous to the human hand, is the end of the manipulator's kinematic chain. However, the term robotic hand is frequently used as a synonym for a robotic arm.Image Source

Infrastructure Urban

13 Mar 2026

Implementation Status of Jal Jeevan Mission

Since August 2019 the Government has implemented Jal Jeevan Mission to provide assured potable water through household tap connections in rural India. At the start of the mission only 32.3 million (mn) rural households, representing 16.7 per cent, were reported to have tap water connections. States and union territories have reported that 125.8 mn additional rural households have since been provided with tap connections. As a result, of about 193.6 mn rural households roughly 158.2 mn, or 81.71 per cent, are reported to have tap water supply at home.\n\nThe State, district and village level st..

Infrastructure Urban

13 Mar 2026

Jal Jeevan Mission Reaches Eighty One Per Cent Rural Coverage

The Government reported substantial progress under the Jal Jeevan Mission, launched in August 2019 to provide tap water to every rural household. At launch only 32.3 million (mn) rural households had tap connections and states and Union territories reported provision of 125.8 mn additional households by March 2026. Consequently, out of about 193.6 mn rural households around 158.2 mn, or 81.71 per cent, are reported to have tap water at home. The Finance Minister announced extension of the mission until 2028 in the 2025-26 budget speech. The Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen, launched in October 20..

Infrastructure Urban

13 Mar 2026

Empowering Local Governance for Sustainable Rural Water Supply

The Ministry of Jal Shakti has aligned the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) with the 73rd Amendment to strengthen village level planning and community ownership of water supply. Gram Panchayats, village water and sanitation committees and Pani Samitis are to plan, implement, manage and maintain piped water systems, with gram sabha processes formalising handover and oversight. Implementation support agencies including non government organisations, community based organisations and self help groups have been empanelled to train local committees and promote women participation. Under JJM, the department ..