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Monumental's bricklaying robots aim to ease construction labour shortage

Sep 9, 2026 · Issue 6 · 2 sources, 3 articles

According to The Robot Report, Monumental's chief executive is building bricklaying robots and an AI-driven system as a response to the construction labour shortage; a podcast on the topic has also been released.

Who is affected and how

skilled worker
Partial robotisation of bricklaying shifts the bricklayer's job toward supervision and setup tasks.
SME owner
Construction robotics is a new tool for coping with labour shortages; it is worth watching which services become available.

Sources

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