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The Machine

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About The Machine

The Machine is Urban Machine's mobile system for reclaiming dimensional lumber from construction and demolition sites. Computer vision locates nails, screws and staples, then high-speed gantries position purpose-built bird-beak pickers around the timber to pull fasteners from all four faces.

Brushes remove attached surface material and a metal detector checks each piece before it leaves the process. Software records the quantity and quality of recovered wood to plan site work and estimate reusable output. The system handles material from 2-by-4 boards through 6-by-18 sections, glulam and heavy timber, and is scheduled or rented for local processing near the waste source.

Deployments

  • Operating Use

    2024-05-01 - Suffolk Technologies - construction-site lumber recovery - Suffolk Technologies initiated a pilot using The Machine to reclaim lumber from one Bay Area building for reuse in another.

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  • Customer Site

    2024-05-01 - Napa Recycling - construction and demolition material recovery - Urban Machine reported installed collection racks and robotic lumber reclamation at Napa Recycling’s recovery facility.

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Timeline

  • Urban Machine pilots lumber-reclaiming robot with Suffolk

    2024-05-01 - Deployment - Suffolk Technologies initiated a pilot with Urban Machine to reclaim lumber removed from one building and prepare it for reuse in another Bay Area construction project. Urban Machine installed collection racks with Napa Recycling so the pilot could measure recovered wood and evaluate a repeatable salvage workflow. The Machine combines AI, cameras and robotic cutting to locate and remove metal fasteners from construction wood waste, helping turn recovered material into usable lumber.

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  • Urban Machine selects Zivid 3D camera for lumber robot

    2023-10-04 - Capability - The Machine uses a Zivid 2 M70 industrial 3D camera. The camera supplies point-cloud data used to locate nails, staples and screws. Zivid reported throughput of up to 16,000 square feet of lumber per day.

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