Robot Bricklayers That Can Work Round the Clock Coming to Britain
26th July 2025
Robot bricklayers are set to be trialled on British construction sites amid warnings of a major labour shortage in the house building industry.
The machines, developed by Dutch company Monumental, use two mechanical arms that dispense mortar and lay bricks at a similar pace to a human.
That is equivalent to roughly 500 bricks per robot in a typical eight-hour shift, but they can be programmed to work around the clock if required – albeit under human supervision.
It represents one potential solution to help ease a chronic shortage of brickies in Britain’s construction industry, with experts warning that at least 25,000 more are needed to meet the Government’s house-building plans.
And eventually coming to America, presumably.
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