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Construction 3D Printing Robot SwarmPrint Completes First 5-Story Building in Dubai: Full Structural Printing in 48 Hours

Dubai construction tech company Apis Cor's robot swarm SwarmPrint completes all concrete structural printing for a 5-story residential building in 48 hours using 20 printing robots working in coordination, with a total floor area of 800 square meters.

Dubai construction tech company Apis Cor announced on December 22 that its construction 3D printing robot swarm SwarmPrint completed all concrete structural printing for the first 5-story residential building in Dubai. This is the world's first robot swarm 3D-printed building exceeding 3 stories.

SwarmPrint consists of 20 concrete 3D printing robots, each equipped with a telescopic gantry arm covering a 12m x 8m x 16m print volume. The 20 robots coordinate paths through a central dispatch system, simultaneously printing different areas to avoid collisions.

The building totals 800 square meters across 5 stories with 12 apartments. Total concrete structure printing time was 48 hours, after which rebar binding and concrete filling proceed, with final structural strength matching traditional casting.

Apis Cor CEO Nikita Cheniuntai said a single 3D printer building a 5-story structure might take weeks. SwarmPrint's cooperative approach compresses construction to 48 hours, a qualitative leap. Total cost is approximately 65% of equivalent traditional construction. Apis Cor plans to expand SwarmPrint to India and Africa in 2029 for large-scale low-cost housing.