Few categories are as ripe for automation-fueled disruption as construction. The industry is valued at around $2 trillion a year, in the U.S. alone. Much of that work is strenuous, repetitive and ...

You seemingly can't throw a rock in 2017 without hitting some new walk of life where robots are being employed. The latest? A bricklaying robot called SAM100 (Semi-Automated Mason) that is capable of ...

A 166,000-sf barracks with 300 bedrooms for 600 military personnel is under construction at the Great Lakes Naval Base in Illinois with the help of robots that can lay bricks every seven to 10 seconds ...

Masonry robot Hadrian can now lay 20 percent more bricks per hour. However, it works more slowly on complex structures. The Australian construction robot Hadrian from robotics company FBR Limited can ...

FLINT, MI - The engineer on a massive project to rebuild the primary brick street through downtown Flint will pay to remove and re-lay tens of thousands of bricks after contractors used the wrong type ...

One concrete block covers the space of almost four bricks. Photos/Tony Mushoborozi. You have worked your fingers to the bone for years, planning, executing impossible tasks, saving, closing deals, and ...