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IronBOT at Port St. Lucie

Advanced Construction Robotics' IronBOT is a rebar-placing robot that lifts, carries, singulates, and self-places bundles of transverse and longitudinal rebar for bridge-deck construction, at a placement rate of over 5,000 pounds per hour.

IronBOT by Advanced Construction Robotics · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Construction robots

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Advanced Construction Robotics deployed IronBOT on its first field project: the West Boulevard Bridge in Port St. Lucie, Florida, with bridge specialty contractor Shelby Erectors. IronBOT lifted and placed rebar bundles on the bridge deck, roughly halving the rebar installation schedule (reported cut from about 14 days to 7). Shelby Erectors is the on-site contractor; Advanced Construction Robotics operated/supported the robot.

Key facts

Site
West Boulevard Bridge, Port St. Lucie, Florida
Contractor
Shelby Erectors (bridge specialty contractor)
Task
Lifting and placing rebar bundles on the bridge deck
Result
Rebar install schedule roughly halved (about 14 days to 7)
Milestone
IronBOT's inaugural field project

Exposure

Customer segment
logistics
Scale tier
pilot lt10

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Safety record

No incidents on record for IronBOT at Port St. Lucie.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
IronBOT
Company
Advanced Construction Robotics
Location
United States/Florida/Port St. Lucie
Operator
Advanced Construction Robotics
Status
pilot
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
2 to 10 units
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2024-02-01
ID
b016d193-2aeb-4857-ba9d-b79affa26775

Timeline

  1. Feb 2024
    First recorded
    IronBOT first documented operating at Port St. Lucie.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: pilot, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (2)

  1. https://www.therobotreport.com/rbr50-spotlight-advanced-construction-robotics-ironbot-makes-rebar-installation-faster-safer/ · 2024-07-01
  2. https://www.constructionrobots.com/news/placing-rebar
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: construction

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Common questions

What is the IronBOT deployment at Port St. Lucie?
IronBOT, built by Advanced Construction Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at Port St. Lucie on the DEPLOY registry. Advanced Construction Robotics operates the deployment directly.
Who operates IronBOT at Port St. Lucie?
Advanced Construction Robotics, the manufacturer of IronBOT, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the IronBOT deployment at Port St. Lucie go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting February 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the IronBOT deployment at Port St. Lucie?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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