On-site 3D concrete printing with a KUKA robot at AVENCO

Istanbul-based AVENCO Robotics & Automation shared a look at its on-site 3D concrete printing (3DCP) work: structural walls printed layer by layer with a KUKA robot, programmed with ENCY Software. Their tagline nails the pitch — “the next building might not be built. It might be printed.”

Printing on the job site cuts formwork and shortens build cycles. The team is explicit that this isn't about replacing conventional construction — it's about expanding what's possible within it. What changes project to project is how they tune the system: the concrete mix, the wall geometry, the print strategy, the robot setup, and the site conditions themselves.

The cell.
Robot: KUKA industrial arm mounted under a branded gantry, positioned directly on the construction site — not a fixed factory print bed.
End effector: concrete extrusion head with a controlled nozzle, feeding site-batched printable mortar.
Toolpaths: additive contour layering programmed with ENCY, tuned per project for each wall geometry — from curving free-form facades to twin-wall hollow-core elements that can later be filled with insulation or reinforcement.