Developed by Perth, Australia-based robotics firm FBR, the Hadrian X is a brick-laying industrial robot capable of placing up to 500 bricks per hour. For reference, that’s a little over eight bricks a minute, or about one every 7 seconds. That’s pretty fast. Definitely fast enough for me not to want to be in the way when it’s swinging that big arm around.
The latest iteration of the Hadrian X features a 32-meter (105-foot) telescopic boom arm capable of constructing walls up to three stories tall, as well as the accuracy “to lay blocks within 50mm of existing walls.” In the video, the Hadrian constructs its first curved wall, having previously only built traditional, straight walls. Hey, I don’t care what shape my walls are, just as long as they aren’t made out of straw or sticks like those first two Little Pigs.
FBR CEO Mike Pivac believes the company’s robotic brick-laying technology “will transition the construction industry toward a more sustainable footing by providing a faster, safer, less wasteful, more accurate and, ultimately, cheaper solution.” Is he right? Possibly, at least, provided the brick-laying robots don’t go rogue and start tossing cinderblocks around the construction site. That’s a very real possibility as far as I’m concerned.
[via TechEBlog]
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