🤖At Loop Technology, we specialise in developing innovative robotics and automation systems that deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, safety, and sustainability across industry sectors
🏭A compelling example is our contribution to the Distributed Automated Cutting System (DACS) project, led by
@Eurovia_UK in partnership with the
@sheffielduni @AMRC. For over 70 years, the manual on-site cutting of bespoke paving slabs — required to fit around street furniture, kerbs, lamp posts, drain covers, and other urban obstructions — has remained largely unchanged. This traditional process that generates high noise levels, carcinogenic silica dust and wastewater, poses significant safety risks to workers, causes substantial public disruption through road and footway closures, and results in approximately 10% material waste.
🧑💻Leveraging our expertise in metrology, advanced manufacturing software, and robotic machining, we helped develop the IntelliPave solution. The system combines portable tablet-based 3D scanning of the paving area, intelligent software for pattern analysis and material optimisation, and precise off-site robotic machining. Custom slabs are produced off-site and delivered ready for installation alongside the standard slabs, enabling minimal on-site disruption.
💫The projected benefits of this automated approach include:
✅A 40–50% improvement in productivity
✅Reduction in material waste from 10% to approximately 3%, saving around 16 lorry loads per typical contract
✅Complete elimination of on-site noise, dust, and associated hazards
✅Reduction in project disruption by nearly one month for a typical year-long paving scheme
🎯These outcomes enhance worker safety, reduce environmental impact, and support more sustainable urban regeneration.
🚧The recently established Loop Construction Technology, part of the Loop Group, builds upon 28 years of specialised experience in robotics and automation. Projects such as this demonstrate how we deliver advanced manufacturing systems into the UK construction industry.
🔎Read the full case study and watch the video via the link below:
looptechnology.com/case-stud…