Lau and Dusty Robotics exhibited at BUILD23 last year. The company returns to this year’s event in Orlando, Florida. W&C spoke with her late last year.
Tessa Lau got into construction because she was looking to start another robotics company. She witnessed the inefficiency and dependency on skilled manual labor endemic to the construction industry. She knew there would be opportunities to introduce robotic automation to improve the industry.
“I am drawn to fields where my work can have an impact,” Lau said. “I love problem-solving. It’s why I studied computer science originally. I got into robotics when I realized that computer software is limited to displaying bits on a screen, whereas robots can move atoms around in the world.