Monumental and the Future of construction robots

Robotics are taking on construction and precision manufacturing tasks.

Hey Everyone,

I’ve always imagined robots would help us build the new world, quite literally. Now new startups are getting funding like Daedalus and Monumental, that put this into reality. Curiously both of these startups are in Europe, in Germany and the Netherlands respectively.

In Europe, more than half (57 per cent) of the countries are facing a severe shortage of bricklayers. In the UK alone, there is an estimated shortfall of 75,000 bricklayers needed to build the 300,000 houses required annually by 2025.

Mobile robot construction systems provide cutting-edge solutions for accelerating construction. But what happens when they become autonomous and are able to conduct construction projects themselves?

Moreover, 82 million Europeans are at risk of homelessness due to a lack of affordable housing, which is holding back productivity in the global construction industry.

So Monumental has raised $25M (£20M) to upscale its new technology that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to autonomously drive bricklaying robots.