Zyrex (construction robot)

History

2025: Product Announcement

The American company RIC Robotics presented construction robot a six-meter Zyrex, equipped artificial intelligence and capable of performing complex tasks on construction sites without human participation. The robot can perform welding, assembly, finishing work 3D printing and offline. This became known in May 2025.

The Zyrex will be the world's first fully autonomous robot capable of both heavy material handling and precision operations. The robot has 26 degrees of freedom, is equipped with a replaceable tool module and is powered by batteries with an automatic replacement system.

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Zyrex is specially designed for the needs of the construction industry. It can handle hard work, such as moving materials, and simultaneously perform high-precision operations: welding, assembly, trimming, carpentry, 3D printing and exterior finishing. The robot uses lidar and visual sensors for navigation, and advanced VLA artificial intelligence models serve as its brain.

RIC Robotics founder Ziyu Xiu noted that the company is not just building another robot, but is developing the future of construction. With Zyrex, the company addresses the industry's labor shortage by creating powerful robotics capable of doing skilled work on a large scale.

The key goal of creating Zyrex is to solve two pressing problems of the construction industry: the lack of skilled labor and the high risks associated with working in dangerous areas. The U.S. will need to attract more than 439,000 skilled construction workers in 2025 to meet industry demand, according to the Association of Builders and Contractors.^[1]

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