Meet the Machine

The Machine removes bulk fasteners & surface materials from reclaimed lumber. The wood is held in place by Shuttles while fasteners are extracted with Nail & Staple Pickers and Nail Rakes. Surface materials are removed using rotating wire Brushes. Finally, it performs a quality check to ensure the wood is ready for new construction.

Robotics & AI

Our Technology

Our machine uses precision end-effectors, high speed gantries, and vision systems for removing nails, screws, and staples.
Nail & Staple Picker
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Nail Rake
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Brushes
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Shuttles
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Robotics & AI

AI Driven Process

Artificial Intelligence helps us plan and execute the on-site wood reclaiming process by calculating the quantity and quality of wood we recover in every site. This drives down time and cost.
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Dimensional lumber (from 2X4 up to 6X18), Glulam, and heavy timber can all be locally sourced and reused.
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This One Time E3: Crash, Burn, and LEARN

A robotics company obviously must do a lot of testing. On The Machine's very first big test run of salvaged wood, there was a major incident that changed the path of Urban Machine.
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