{"id":"08424f3c-a077-4f96-8924-9c4d7f8a0ae6","companyId":"19f93678-2cfd-43e4-961a-071cd36d7b2e","modelName":"Mark1","slug":"rugged-mark1","description":"Rugged Robotics (Houston, Texas) makes the Mark1, an autonomous mobile robot that prints multi-trade building-layout markings from a BIM model directly onto concrete floors, automating the manual layout step that crews otherwise do by hand. It addresses the same problem space as Dusty Robotics' FieldPrinter but is at an earlier stage: the registry records it at pilot maturity, deployed in pilots with general contractors rather than at general commercial availability. A funding correction worth recording: the originating dispatch stated more than $25 million raised, but the verified figure is roughly $12 million total, anchored by a $9.4 million Series A in 2022.","formFactor":"construction","maturityStage":"pilot","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"Rugged Robotics (Houston, Texas) makes the Mark1, an autonomous robot that prints multi-trade building-layout markings from a BIM model directly onto concrete floors (a layout-automation competitor to Dusty Robotics' FieldPrinter). Deployed in pilots with general contractors. maturity=pilot."},{"label":"Correction (funding)","value":"The originating dispatch said '$25M+' raised. Verified figure is ~$12M total, anchored by a $9.4M Series A (2022). Corrected to verified amount."},{"label":"Distinct from Dusty","value":"Same problem space as Dusty FieldPrinter (BIM-to-floor layout) but earlier-stage (pilot vs Dusty's commercial general availability)."}],"products":"Mark1 - an autonomous mobile robot that prints multi-trade building layout markings (BIM model) directly onto concrete floors","formFactor":"construction (autonomous floor-layout marking/printing robot)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.ruggedrobotics.com/","title":"Rugged Robotics Mark1 autonomous floor-layout printing robot (official)","sourceName":"Rugged Robotics (official)"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/rugged-robotics-raises-9-4m-to-automate-construction-layout/","title":"Rugged Robotics raises $9.4M Series A (~$12M total) for layout automation","sourceName":"The Robot Report"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/rugged-robotics-construction-layout/","title":"Rugged Robotics Mark1 prints building layout on concrete floors","sourceName":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://www.constructiondive.com/news/rugged-robotics-mark1-layout-robot/","title":"Rugged Robotics Mark1 floor-layout robot (GC pilots)","sourceName":"Construction Dive"},{"url":"https://www.builtworlds.com/news/rugged-robotics-construction-layout-robot","title":"Rugged Robotics layout-printing pilots with general contractors","sourceName":"BuiltWorlds"}],"aliases":["Rugged Mark1","Mark1"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T17:40:04.169Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T17:40:04.169Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/rugged-mark1","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/rugged-mark1","name":"Mark1","alternateName":["Rugged Mark1","Mark1"],"description":"Rugged Robotics (Houston, Texas) makes the Mark1, an autonomous mobile robot that prints multi-trade building-layout markings from a BIM model directly onto concrete floors, automating the manual layout step that crews otherwise do by hand. It addresses the same problem space as Dusty Robotics' FieldPrinter but is at an earlier stage: the registry records it at pilot maturity, deployed in pilots with general contractors rather than at general commercial availability. A funding correction worth recording: the originating dispatch stated more than $25 million raised, but the verified figure is roughly $12 million total, anchored by a $9.4 million Series A in 2022.","identifier":"08424f3c-a077-4f96-8924-9c4d7f8a0ae6","category":"construction","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}