Dusty Robotics is turning construction layout robots into a jobsite coordination layer

Mortenson used Dusty Robotics' FieldPrinter on a $1 billion data-center project spanning two buildings and 700,000 square feet. The job used Dusty for walls plus mechanical duct, piping, hanger, and anchor locations, turning layout from a single-trade marking task into multi-trade coordination across a large construction shell.

Dusty was founded by Tessa Lau after prior robotics work that included Savioke. TechCrunch reported a $45 million Series B in May 2022 led by Scale Venture Partners, bringing total funding to about $69 million and valuing the company around $250 million. Baseline Ventures, Canaan Partners, and Root Ventures were among returning investors.

FieldPrinter robots print construction layout directly onto concrete floors from BIM and CAD files. FieldPrinter 2 extends that work into multi-trade layout for walls, mechanical systems, and anchor locations. The robot puts digital construction drawings onto the jobsite floor before crews install around them, reducing the dependence on manual chalk-line transfer and repeated plan interpretation.

Surveyor-laid control points let FieldPrinter orient itself on the jobsite floor, while CAD refinement turns design files into robot-ready layout. Field operators troubleshoot on site, and construction teams rely on printed marks that need to remain readable through trade sequencing, floor conditions, and active work.

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