Australia is tackling its housing shortage with an innovative solution: homes built by robots using 3D printing technology. This new approach comes at a crucial time when Perth’s typical house price has hit $750,000, with only 4,000 homes available for sale – less than half of what’s needed for a healthy market. In a quiet Melbourne suburb, a giant robotic crane 3D printer is building a two-story house layer by layer using concrete. This machine, called the PLATYPUS X12, is building Australia’s first multi-story 3D-printed home. The 350-square-meter house includes specially designed walls that reduce noise using acoustic principles, and … Continue reading Australia’s First Multi-Storey 3D-Printed Home to Be Completed in Just 5 Weeks Amid Housing Crisis