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Dusty Robotics

Dusty Robotics makes the FieldPrinter, a robot that prints a building's full-scale layout directly onto the jobsite floor from the BIM model. One operator can lay out 10,000 to 15,000 square feet a day at up to 1/16-inch accuracy, and the robot has been used on hundreds of North American projects.1,3

Robotics Reviewed Editorial TeamUpdated November 4, 2026dustyrobotics.com

Our take

Dusty has turned a narrow but painful job, construction layout, into a repeatable robot product. Instead of chalk lines and tape measures, the FieldPrinter prints walls, penetrations, text, and QR codes straight from the model, and it can print every trade's layout at once.5,1

Pricing is usage-based, so contractors pay only for the days they use the robot, but Dusty does not publish the day rate. The FieldPrinter is available only in North America.2

Scores by criterion

Dusty Robotics scores out of 10
Pricing transparency4.5
Product maturity8.0
Deployment evidence7.5
Company durability6.5
Ease of integration7.5
Overall score (average of the five)6.8

Each criterion is defined on our methodology page.

Who uses Dusty and what it's for

General contractors and trade contractors use Dusty for interior layout on offices, life sciences buildings, schools, and data centers, with DPR Construction, Turner Construction, and Swinerton among its users.3,4,8

VDC and BIM teams use the Dusty Portal to turn Revit and AutoCAD models into layout-ready files and track progress.2,1

History

Tessa Lau and Philipp Herget, both from the hotel delivery robot company Savioke, co-founded Dusty Robotics in Mountain View in 2018. Lau is CEO and Herget is CTO.8

Dusty raised a $45 million round in May 2022, and had raised nearly $70 million by May 2023.7,8

FieldPrint Platform and FieldPrinter 2

The FieldPrint Platform combines the Dusty Portal, a Leica laser tracker that guides the robot, the FieldPrinter 2 robot, and an iPad and joystick for control. The robot prints at 600 DPI with up to 1/16-inch accuracy and can print as close as 1 3/4 inches from an obstacle.2,1,5

Monthly software releases in 2026 added floor elevation reporting, image and QR code printing, metric units, printing on slopes, and a Spanish-language iPad app.6

Pricing

Dusty uses usage-based pricing: customers pay only for the days they use automated layout on site, with onsite operator training and virtual VDC training included. Additional plans are available for high-volume customers, but rates are not published.2

Competitive landscape

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Dusty Robotics and its competitors
CompanyProductPricing modelDeployment footprintWhere Dusty wins or loses
Dusty RoboticsFieldPrinter 2 layout robot guided by a laser tracker2Usage-based: pay for the days used; rates not published2Hundreds of projects in North America3Prints every trade's layout from the model; day rate not published
Civ RoboticsCivDot+ layout robot and CivNav machine control for solar and infrastructure9Not published on its site9Utility-scale solar and infrastructure sites9Civ wins on outdoor staking for solar and civil sites. Dusty wins on detailed interior layout from BIM.
HP SitePrintSitePrint robot for layout and floor deviation marking10Not published on its site10Interiors, data centers, and intralogistics installs10HP wins on a big brand and floor deviation marking. Dusty wins on a long record with large contractors.
Hilti JaibotJaibot semi-autonomous ceiling-drilling robot driven by BIM data12Not published on its site12MEP and interior finishing installation work11Hilti wins on drilling the holes, not just marking them. Dusty wins on full multi-trade floor layout.
Built RoboticsAutonomy kits that turn excavators into pile-driving robots13Not published on its site14More than 40 deployments, mostly utility-scale solar13Built wins on automating heavy solar piling. Dusty wins on indoor layout for many trades.

Limits

Day rates are not published.2

The FieldPrinter is only available in North America.2

Revenue is not disclosed. We estimate it at $15 million to $30 million, based on hundreds of projects with leading contractors and nearly $70 million raised. This is an estimate, not a reported figure.3,8

What customers say

Where it helps

Dusty helps most on large, complex interiors where many trades need layout. Multi-trade layout lets crews such as HVAC install before walls go up; one customer credits Dusty with saving $1.5 million on an HVAC scope with ACCO.3

Data center builders use it to compress schedules on very large floor plates.3

Where it falls short

Solar and civil teams staking points outdoors should look at Civ Robotics, and contractors who also want floor flatness data from the same robot can compare HP SitePrint.

Leadership

  • Tessa Lau

    Tessa Lau

    Co-founder and CEO

    Lau co-founded Dusty in 2018 after serving as CTO of Savioke and as a research scientist at Willow Garage.8

    Read full profile

  • Philipp Herget

    Co-founder and CTO

    Herget was previously robotics hardware lead at Savioke.8

Sources

  1. Dusty Robotics, Homepage, accessed November 4, 2026
  2. Dusty Robotics, Pricing, accessed November 4, 2026
  3. Dusty Robotics, Our customers, accessed November 4, 2026
  4. Dusty Robotics, Press, accessed November 4, 2026
  5. Dusty Robotics Support, What is the Dusty FieldPrinter?, accessed November 4, 2026
  6. Dusty Robotics Support, Release notes, 2026, accessed November 4, 2026
  7. Forbes, Ditch the chalk: Tessa Lau's Dusty Robotics raises $45 million to automate construction plans, May 10, 2022, accessed November 4, 2026
  8. Wikipedia, Tessa Lau, accessed November 4, 2026
  9. Civ Robotics, Homepage, accessed November 4, 2026
  10. HP, SitePrint robotic layout solution, accessed November 4, 2026
  11. Hilti, Hilti unveils BIM-enabled construction jobsite robot, October 28, 2020, accessed November 4, 2026
  12. Hilti USA, Jaibot drilling robot, accessed November 4, 2026
  13. Business Insider, Autonomous construction bots are building the solar infrastructure behind Meta's Hyperion data center, July 2026, accessed November 4, 2026
  14. Built Robotics, Company, accessed November 4, 2026

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