Australian robotics company Fastbrick announced on Wednesday they had completed the fully automated construction of a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house in less than three days.
The Western Australian-based company said the house had been certified by civil and structural engineers to meet relevant building standards and the method was therefore fit for future commercialization.
Known as Hadrian X, the product consists of a truck loaded with precut bricks, which feeds the building materials along an arm where they are guided into position and fixed in place with sub-millimeter accuracy.
"What we have is the world's only fully automated, end-to-end bricklaying solution, with a massive market waiting for it," Fastbrick Chief Executive Mike Pivac said.
"We now begin the next exciting phase for the company as we execute our global commercialization strategy to capitalize on the significant demand for our technology."
The system improves safety and efficiency and the company said that despite taking some of the work previously done by manual labor, it would have a minimal effect on jobs.
According to a company spokesperson, "the whole concept of this technology came around because there was a shortage of bricklayers."
As well as expanding internationally into the commercial market, the company plans to deploy the technology in disaster-ravaged areas to help provide fast reconstruction.
