Hilti in North America has recently launched an overhead drilling robot for M&E, plumbing and fit-out work. The robot is named Jaibot, is cordless and can work for up to eight hours between charges and has a built-in dust removal system. As of now, the maximum height it can reach is 5 metres.
Jaibot takes its instructions straight from data that is uploaded to the Hilti cloud from Autocad or Revit; it then marks and drills holes within its range autonomously according to the digital drilling plan.
BIM+ quoted Hilti as saying that the location, hole depth and diameter are defined by the drilling plan, consequently resulting in fewer errors, greater accuracy and cleaner holes. Recharging it takes approximately four to six hours.
While overhead drilling is the Jaibot’s initial launch application, other advanced tools may be fitted in the future, varying the applications.Â
