Bricklaying robots developed by a Dutch startup will be heading to sites in the UK after the firm secured $32m (£23.8m) of funding.
Monumental, founded in 2021, has a fleet of more than 150 autonomous bricklaying robots that have worked on sites in Europe and the UK (including a Taylor Woodrow project in Dudley and Galostar in east London). The injection of capital (led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from existing investors Plural and Hummingbird) will help the business target more sites in the UK.
Monumental’s robots use sensors, computer vision and cranes to lay brick and mortar with “millimetre precision”, operated by an AI platform, Atrium (developed by Monumental). A robot can typically lay around 300 bricks per day on a single charge. However, one of the robots recently achieved a record performance of laying more than 1,000 bricks in a single day. The robots are designed to operate throughout the working day and are typically recharged overnight.
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