Robot builder Hadrian X has finished building its first house

This experimental building will be part of a new housing estate in Dayton, Western Australia.

The robotic mason Hadrian X  was first unveiled in 2015 when the Australian company Fastbrick Robotics demonstrated the skills of a giant manipulator arm moving building blocks.  Now the machine can independently carry out the masonry itself by feeding the mortar on a telescopic boom according to a specified programme.

The productivity of the machine has increased noticeably: whereas previously a robot could only lay 85 blocks per hour, today this figure has risen to 200.   What’s more, this is not the limit: the developers are confident of levelling up the robot shortly and are actively working to improve the productivity of their brainchild.

Work on the house took Hadrian X a little more than three shifts of work.  This building will now be a physical reminder about the future of robotic construction in general and the capabilities of Hadrian X in particular.