Brick-laying robots developed by a Dutch startup will be heading to sites in the UK after the firm secured $32m (£23.8m) of funding.

Haulotte is testing robotic arms attached to MEWPs. Working with French construction robotics start-up, Builder Assist, Haulotte is using the technology for the likes of facade treatment and overhead drilling.

Humanoid construction robots, designed to carry out various site tasks, could be available en masse as a service early in the next decade.

Autonomous robot “Mantis” fronts a new robotic system that claims to be able to “fix construction”.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority’s robotics team and the operator of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have tested a novel approach to maintaining the 27km-long facility: robotic mice.

MEWPs manufacturer JLG Industries has acquired the core technology developed by robotics start-up Canvas.

A remote control robotic arm has been successfully tested for nuclear decommissioning at Sellafield.

Robots can make construction sites more efficient and safer, and help with labour shortages. That was the claim from Okibo COO and co-founder Nadav Shuruk at the launch of its…

British fusion investment fund Starmaker One has received a £20 million boost from the UK government to kickstart growth. 

Skanska has deployed the Schindler Robotic Installation System for Elevators (R.I.S.E) at the 105 Victoria Street project in central London. This is the first time this technology has been used in the UK.

The water sector has been slower than others in implementing information management standards due to its historical focus on engineering and operations. But with more than £100bn to spend in the next five years to upgrade the water and waste water network, change is needed, says Clare Taylor, chair of BIM4Water.

A free training programme designed to help SME builders successfully adopt technology has been launched.

The Nodes & Links AI-powered schedule management platform has raised $12m (£9.5m) in Series B funding.

Gamers, developers, data scientists and more are invited to take part in a weekend hackathon with five permanent jobs up for grabs for the winners.  AtkinsRéalis said it is rapidly…

Clients and asset owners must be made more aware of the value of information management and reminded that they can do more than just issue Exchange Information Requirements (EIR) and BIM Execution Plans (BEP).

The organisers of Digital Construction Week (DCW) have launched a second show, Digital Construction North (DCN), that will take place at Manchester Central on 13 November 2024.

A robotics company and a tech start-up are using automated modular construction to build affordable and low-energy timber homes.

Tunnelling and underground construction technology start-up HyperTunnel has secured government funding to demonstrate its swarm construction technique by building an underpass.