SCMP reported that China is using artificial intelligence to effectively turn a dam project on the Tibetan Plateau with world’s largest 3D printer. The 180 metre high Yangqu hydropower plant will be built slice by slice, using unmanned excavators, trucks, bulldozers, pavers and rollers, all controlled by AI, in the same additive manufacturing process used in 3D printing.When completed in 2024, the Yangqu dam will send nearly 5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity each year from the upper reaches of the Yellow River to Henan, the cradle of Chinese civilisation and home to 100 million people.
SCMP reported that China is using artificial intelligence to effectively turn a dam project on the Tibetan Plateau with world’s largest 3D printer. The 180 metre high Yangqu hydropower plant will be built slice by slice, using unmanned excavators, trucks, bulldozers, pavers and rollers, all controlled by AI, in the same additive manufacturing process used in 3D printing.When completed in 2024, the Yangqu dam will send nearly 5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity each year from the upper reaches of the Yellow River to Henan, the cradle of Chinese civilisation and home to 100 million people.
