TUM: Construction Robot

History

2025: Product Announcement

In August 2025 Technical University of Munich (TUM) , he presented an innovative, construction robot capable of performing brickwork with jewelry accuracy. The robotic system was successfully tested at a real construction site in, Germany demonstrating the possibility of erecting climatically optimized walls.

According to the press service of the university, the manipulator is installed on a movable platform, which allows it to freely move along a wall measuring 4×2,5 meters. The robot is not intended to completely replace masons, but acts as a high-precision assistant that expands the capabilities of craftsmen. The device takes over the routine part of the job, leaving builders space for creative tasks.

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Фото: Technical University of Munich

The system is equipped with a digital twin of the future design, which provides a masonry error of less than one millimeter. The robot automatically calculates the optimal angle for each brick and observes climatic parameters, including insolation and heat transfer. This accuracy is not available to a person when performing similar operations.

During experimental tests, the robot worked together with three masons students, building a climatically optimized wall. The robotic arm laid bricks with a given accuracy, guided by a digital model, and people completed the masonry process and controlled the overall progress of work.

The developers relied on environmental friendliness and simplicity of design. The project provides for the use of monomaterials - exclusively bricks, increased to 55 centimeters of wall thickness for improved insulation and the possibility of subsequent dismantling with the reuse of materials. This approach reduces the negative environmental impact of construction.^[1]

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