FBR Ltd · working robot
Hadrian X
A bricklaying robot built into a cab-over truck with a 32 m telescopic boom and dynamic stabilisation, laying blocks of up to 45 kg with adhesive at up to 360 blocks per hour per the current spec. It needs a two-person crew and is now sold simply as Hadrian.
- Price
- —Base price AUD 7.8 million (FBR website, 2026); also offered as Wall-as-a-Service
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 45 kgCarries more than 32%
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Marketed as the first fully automated end-to-end robotic bricklayer able to build a house's walls in about a day.
Real-world use
Built a three-bedroom home structure in under three days in November 2018, completed its first commercial project of five houses in Wellard, WA in November 2022, and was piloted by PulteGroup in Florida in February 2025.
Maker
FBR LtdCompanyHow it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Hadrian X carries more than 32% of the 84 other working & field robots that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Hadrian X gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
From the maker
Hadrian X is the only machine from FBR Ltd (Fastbrick Robotics) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedBase price AUD 7.8 million (FBR website, 2026); also offered as Wall-as-a-Service
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Hadrian XFBR Ltd (Fastbrick Robotics) |  Robo-BuddyShimizu CorporationSame job: construction · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Robo-CarrierShimizu CorporationSame job: construction · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Autonomous Caterpillar 725 articulated dump truck retrofitSafeAI with Obayashi CorporationSame job: construction · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2018-06 | 2018-04-24 | 2018-04-24 | 2020-10 |
| Status | Commercial | Pilot use | Pilot use | Pilot use |
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| Payload | 45 kg | 30 kg | 1000 kg | — |
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Sources
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