DEWALT's DALE drilling robot passes 385,000 holes as weeks saved per phase slip from 8 to about 6.8
DEWALT says DALE, its downward drilling robot developed with August Robotics, has drilled more than 385,000 holes across 44 data center construction phases and cut project timelines by more than 300 weeks. The Oct 16 release also placed DALE on TIME's Best Inventions of 2026 list; DEWALT's accuracy figure changed from 99.97% in January to "over 99%" in October.
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