A robotic excavator could build a dry stone wall to act as a blast shield around a launch pad on the moon, a new study suggests.

The goal? To build a 20 foot (6 meter) and 213 ft (65 m) long dry-stone wall as part of a park where the landscape was digitally planned, and the earth autonomously excavated. The coolest thing ...

ETH Zurich researchers have trained an autonomous excavator to construct a dry- stone wall 65m long and 6m high out of random rocks and building waste. Using sensors including cameras and lidar, it ...

My introduction to building a stone wall, like beginnings in so many homesteading skills, came unexpectedly, urgently, and at the wrong time. It was a rare clear morning during a rainy spring in ...

Dave Goulder is not only working at 85 years old, but he also has a rather unusual job. A master craftsman stone wall dyker, he has helped preserve the discipline since becoming an instructor in the ...