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ExclusiveRalph NicholsonSun 04 Aug 24

[+] Aussie Robot Brickie Armed and Ready in High-Stakes US Test

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Hadrian X, the West Australian-built 30-tonne robotic bricklaying machine, is sitting on Florida’s Gulf Coast as we speak, with nearly 20 years of hopes, dreams, research and development resting on its 32m telescopic boom.

After a two-month sea journey from Fremantle to Brunswick in Georgia, the 14-wheel truck was transported 580km to a testing site at Fort Myers late last month, where it’s now undergoing an engineering assessment.

Once that’s completed, site acceptance testing will begin in earnest for Hadrian X and FBR—the Perth-based publicly traded developer of the machine.

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