Speed this up by a factor of 10 – 100x and things will get really interesting.

2016-01-08: Construction robots are 3x faster. Construction is long due for a mundane singularity.

A new construction worker has been lending high-efficiency help to job sites, laying bricks at 3x the speed of a human worker. SAM (short for Semi-Automated Mason) is a robotic bricklayer that handles the repetitive tasks of basic brick laying

2016-07-28: Bricklaying update

All you need to input is a CAD file of the house structure and Hadrian X does the rest: the system handles automatic loading, cutting, routing and placement of all the bricks, one course at a time. Bricks are fed along a conveyor belt that sends them up the robotic arm, where the sides of the brick are coated with clear construction adhesive. The arm then rotates the bricks and extends to drop them into place. Because they are glued together, no mortar is necessary.

2021-01-28: Robot Builds from CAD. We need this at scale to break free from the BS that is “construction”, and to actually build a better world.

An Australian company called FastBrick Robotics has invented what may be an architect’s wildest fantasy: The ability to go from a CAD file to a standing structure, with no chance for those pesky human workers to muck up their design.

Build the walls of a house in one day
Maintain accuracy over distance
Safer working environments
Moving toward zero waste construction
Significant cost savings