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- Perth construction company FBR (FBR) completes the mechanical assembly of its first next-generation Hadrian X robotic bricklayer
- The new version of the construction robot is designed to lay bricks at a speed of up to 500 blocks — or roughly 120 square metres — per hour
- It can also handle different types of bricks and products and, with a lengthened boom arm, can construct walls three storeys high from the roadside
- FBR is now working to complete commissioning for the product ahead of calibration, testing, and demonstrations for potential future partners
- Shares in FBR are down 2.56 per cent to 4 cents at 11:50 am AEDT
Perth construction company FBR (FBR) has completed the mechanical assembly of its first next-generation Hadrian X robotic bricklayer.
The company on Tuesday said the latest iteration of its construction robot was designed to lay bricks at a speed of up to 500 blocks — or roughly 120 square metres — per hour.
This means the new Hadrian X model can potentially complete both the internal and external walls of a double-brick house in one day.
The new Hadrian X model comes with a shuttle block delivery system designed to lay any existing commercially available bricks, as well as larger blocks not yet available on the market.
Further, FBR said the new shuttle delivery system could handle other products such as roof tiles.
FBR’s new model comes with a lengthened 32-metre telescopic boom arm that it said enabled the construction of walls three storeys high from the roadside alongside the ability to lay blocks within 50 millimetres of existing walls.
Looking ahead, FBR said commissioning activities for the next-gen Hadrian X system are ongoing and expected to be complete by the end of March 2023.
From here, the company will then calibrate and test the new version of its robotic bricklayer before launching demonstration activities for potential local and international ‘wall-as-a-service’ (WaaS) partners.
Shares in FBR were down 2.56 per cent to 4 cents at 10:50 am AEDT.
