Hadrian X (robot builder)

2024: Building houses in a day

In mid-July 2024, the world's first robotic bricklayer, operating outdoors in an uncontrolled environment, began work. Hadrian X is reportedly capable of erecting the walls of a house in just a day.

According to the developers, the Hadrian X robot has a distributed control architecture, which provides a highly reliable system that allows you to efficiently configure, repair and replace individual modules. According to the company, the elongated 32-meter telescopic boom allows the robot to easily erect walls three stories high, and also makes it possible to lay blocks within 50 mm of existing walls.

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The robot is equipped with unique software that converts wall sketches into block positions and minimizes block processing and waste, which improves the efficiency of housing construction. The robot is capable of laying up to 500 blocks per hour and erecting both external and internal walls of a standard house in one day. It is known that Hadrian X does not apply mortar between bricks when laying them, so strong building glue is used to glue individual bricks.

Traditionally, robotics has been used indoors in controlled, stable and static environments to perform repetitive tasks such as car manufacturing. Outdoors, robots are exposed to unpredictable and ever-changing influences such as wind, vibration, changing machine movements and temperature fluctuations. The Hadrian X robot uses FBR's latest dynamic stabilization technology, which delivers unrivalled precision, paving the way for robotic automation of outdoor work.

The new robot will undergo an assessment confirming its readiness for acceptance tests on site, and then begin a demonstration program in Florida. To do this, the robot will have to erect the outer walls of five to ten single-story houses using materials from the next ^[1]

2023: The exit of an updated robot capable of laying 300 Cypriot blocks per hour

In early September 2023, the Australian company Fastbrick Robotics (FBR) introduced the Hadrian X machine - a robot builder that is able to quickly erect buildings from stone blocks. An automated stacker could build a wall the size of a tennis court in 4 hours, it has been claimed.

The first version of Hadrian X debuted in 2015: then the system was a manipulator installed on an excavator. Even in this form, the robot was able to lay the brick frame of a full-size house in about two days - about 20 times faster than bricklayers. Since then, the design of the machine has been significantly improved, and its capabilities have expanded.

Updated Hadrian X

The new version of Hadrian X is mounted on a cargo chassis and equipped with a telescopic manipulator 32 m long. It is claimed that the robot demonstrates a stable laying speed of more than 300 brick blocks of the US standard per hour. In the case of 45 kg blocks with dimensions of 600×400×300 mm, the largest products with which the machine can work, a vertical wall with an area of ​ ​ approximately 70 square meters can be erected in an hour. This corresponds to a quarter of the standard tennis court. In the future, the masonry speed can be increased to 500 blocks per hour.

At the construction site, the Hadrian X robot is controlled by an operator using a tablet. Workers load the blocks into the car body on pallets, after which the robot unpacks them and, if necessary, cuts them using a circular saw. The units are then guided along the boom of the manipulator to the construction site. A special adhesive composition is applied to the blocks instead of cement grout. Next, the machine accurately places the blocks in accordance with the CAD plan. It takes about 45 minutes to cure the glue.^[2]

2021: Start of sales

On November 26, 2021, the Australian robotic technology company Fastbrick Robotics (FBR) announced the raising of $10 million to organize mass sales of its Hadrian X robots, which can quickly and accurately build brick structures.

Capital raising was supported by investors from, Australia,, and Great Britain. Hong Kong USA The funds will be used to replenish working capital and continue the path of commercialisation outlined in the latest corporate presentation issued to the ASX on November 15, 2021.

Sales of Hadrian X robot began

The company has received firm placement obligations in the amount of $10 million. A total of 222,222,222 shares will now be issued to institutional and experienced investors at a price ¢4,5 each.

We are pleased to have secured the support of both existing and new institutional and experienced investors who have helped us advance the commercialization of FBR technology, "Pivac said.

The funds raised will enable the company to execute and expand its current operating portfolio, as well as capitalize on commercial opportunities that often emerge worldwide, especially in North America and Europe.

Hadrian X is a robot that can build brick structures. The system consists of a large telescopic robotic bar mounted on a 25-ton truck. Electric equipment is located on a separate frame, and control systems are located in the van. All of them are connected together and connected to a 32-amp power supply in place.

Before getting to work, the robot looks at the drawings of the house in CAD, creates a 3D model and plans its construction.

The machine determines which bricks to cut and where these trimmings can be reused, reducing waste, before placing them on a conveyor belt along its shoulder. Glue is then applied to the bricks and placed in place with a hand robot guided by a laser. Hadrian X is capable of laying bricks for a medium-sized country house in two days.

In the tests, Hadrian X laid an average of 150 bricks per hour at a maximum rate of 200 bricks per hour, more than 1,000 bricks per day when a regular bricklayer laid 400-600 bricks per day.^[3]

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