Australia’s Fastbrick Robotics wants to shake up the world of Bob the Builder with a new bricklaying machine that can build a house four times faster than its human counterpart. Don’t believe it?

Back in 2015 we looked at an interesting approach to automated construction in the form of a brick-laying robot, capable of putting together full-sized homes in just two days. The engineers behind the ...

Question: I noticed a friend’s brick walkway and how nice it makes her landscaping look. Is this a long, expensive project to have a contractor install, or do you think I could handle it with minimal ...

Q: I have a small cemented area (ten by eight feet) outside the sliding glass doors of the home. I would like to expand it to a total size of 14 by 16 feet with brick-like blocks (15 inches by 15 ...

A brick-laying robot named Hadrian X has broken its own record for speed, which is now up to 200 concrete blocks per hour—with the next landmark set at 240. (Its sibling robot Hadrian 112 aims to ...

One concrete block covers the space of almost four bricks. Photos/Tony Mushoborozi. You have worked your fingers to the bone for years, planning, executing impossible tasks, saving, closing deals, and ...