Apparatus and method to form and shape building construction materials

An apparatus comprising:

• a carrier robot operative within a working volume;
• a forming mechanism mounted to the carrier robot, the forming mechanism including:
• an actuator, a piston, a compression zone, and a sizing zone;
• the actuator being operably positioned into the compression zone;
• the piston being connected to the at least one actuator, such that a volume of unstructured material within the compression zone is conveyed into the sizing zone ahead of the piston;
• the sizing zone terminating at an exit aperture, such that the exit aperture defines a finished profile of the segment of structured material, wherein the sizing zone further comprises a vertical conduit, a deviated conduit, and a horizontal conduit;
• the vertical conduit being adjacent to the compression zone;
• the vertical conduit being in fluid communication with the horizontal conduit through the deviated conduit, such that the deviated conduit deflects from the vertical conduit;
• and the horizontal conduit is oriented coaxially with the deposition vector;
• a material cutter being positioned within the sizing zone, such that a blade is operably positioned through the segment of structured material within the sizing zone, wherein the blade has a sluice and a cutting element;
• the sluice being slidably engaged into a cutting channel within the sizing zone, such that the sluice selectably obturates the sizing zone;
• the cutting element being terminally connected to the sluice, such that the cutting element severs the segment of structured material within the sizing zone;
• and
• a unitary controller supplying control signals to the carrier robot and the forming mechanism, such that the carrier robot implements mechanical motion along a deposition vector and the forming mechanism deposits a segment of structured material onto a build surface within the working volume.