Fabrica supports the automation of tile grouting where the robot can grout tile gaps and clean off excess grout including the edges autonomously in any given space with the goal of boosting productivity. Human intervention is only needed to reload the grout and water.

The project would revolve around real-world industry deployments taking our tile grouting robot from a TRL of 7 to 9. In addition to a tile grouting robot, we would also be working on other construction robots in alignment with our long-term vision. From August to December 2023, the team will be working on building reproducible and reliable PCBs for our robot. The company currently has its first version of fully manufactured PCBs for version 4 robots. This is a step up from the self-assembled PCBs in version 3. However, it should expect that there will be many bugs and if not, areas for improvements which would require redesigning. The redesign should not just improve the reliability but also the ease of manufacturing and assembly, and subsequent replacements of parts. As the grouting robot transitions into a more mature product, we need to think about user-friendliness.

Part of that for electronics design and assembly is to design for easy debugging and replacement of parts. This would include creating a simple user interface that could potentially generate error codes. The intern would also be involved in the initial electronics design and assembly for new robots, and potentially integrating tech stacks on existing robots that the team chooses to collaborate with.