Just Press Print: The Swiss startup planning to use robots-as-a-service for formwork

Inside an unremarkable building in the small Swiss town of Lupfig, a black metal box rather like a coffee vending machine makes a whirring sound. Automatic doors open and a chrome-coloured block slides inside.

The doors shut and a robotic arm whizzes round squirting out yellow goo so quickly that it builds before your eyes into an item resembling a flower vase. There is a flash of light and the doors open again, sending out the tray with the intricately completed vase on top.