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SAM100 (Semi-Automated Mason)
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Construction Robotics · working robot

SAM100

Semi-Automated Mason

A propane-powered robot that works from the scaffold beside the wall, applies mortar and sets bricks at about 150 per hour (350 per hour for the 2017 OS 2.0 update), with masons working alongside. The maker's current site no longer lists it.

Price
—About $500,000 (2017 press report); available to buy or lease
Height
—Not published
Weight
1497 kgHeavier than 92%
Payload
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published
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Why it matters

Described as the first commercially available bricklaying robot for on-site masonry; it won the Most Innovative Product award at World of Concrete 2015.

Real-world use

Used on Clark Construction's Lab School in Washington, DC and in 2018 laid over 60,000 of 100,000 bricks on the University Arts Building at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Timeline

First shown
2015-02
Released
2015-02
Launched at World of Concrete, Las Vegas

Maker

Construction RoboticsCompany

How it stacks up

Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

  1. SAM100 (Semi-Automated Mason)Construction Robotics · 20151497 kg
  2. WarthogClearpath Robotics (now part of Rockwell Automation) with ARGO XTR · 2016280 kg
  3. TORUMagazino (a Jungheinrich company) · 2016235 kg
  4. FetchFetch Robotics (Zebra Technologies) · 2015113.3 kg
  5. Freight (Freight100)Fetch Robotics (Zebra Technologies) · 201568 kg
  6. inVia PickerinVia Robotics · 201562 kg
  7. Starship delivery robotStarship Technologies · 201638 kg
  8. JackalClearpath Robotics (now part of Rockwell Automation) · 201417 kg

SAM100 (Semi-Automated Mason) is heavier than 92% of the 75 other working & field robots that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.

Weight 1497 kg 1.1 kg7800 kg #7 of 76 · heavier than 92%

Not published by the maker: height, speed, payload, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Other movement
How it runs
Assisted. A person drives it; it handles balance and obstacles.

From the maker

SAM100 (Semi-Automated Mason) is the only machine from Construction Robotics in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishedAbout $500,000 (2017 press report); available to buy or lease
How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

BuiltWorlds Retooled robotic mason brings added might to sites Fox News (Digital Trends) This construction robot can lay bricks 6 times faster than you can American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety and Efficiency, Brick by Brick

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