Meet the Semi-Automated Mason or SAM, a robot that is so good at building walls it could take over the construction industry. Created by New York-based company Construction Robotics, the brick-laying robot promises to both increase productivity while reducing overall labor costs.
While the efficiency on construction sites has been stagnant in the last 20 to 30 years, manufacturing efficiency has increased significantly due to robotics and technology. Construction Robotics created SAM to solve that problem. SAM requires a human partner to smooth over the works, but the heavy lifting is left to the bot.
The robot can lay bricks at least three times faster than humans โ and it never gets tired or makes mistakes. VICE News went to a construction site in Virginia to see SAM at work.
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The robot can lay bricks at least three times faster than humans โ and it never gets tired or makes mistakes. VICE News went to a construction site in Virginia to see SAM at work. Watch more AI: https://youtu.be/Jgau2BKTHbk
Watch out bricklayers you will have to take up the slack when the power fails
I don't see masonry being fully automated for quite some time. There's just too many variables that this machine can't compensate for
Juan and jose do it better cheaper and faster
Less workers, less jobs, cost cutting…ect. This leaves already glutted residential masonry highly competitive. One injury, and you may loose your lively hood or competitive edge.
The future on construction site will be way different in 15years if Tesla and co mass produce humanoid robots
No chance that robot can lay 3000 bricks a day. Unless there is 50 hours in a day now and nobody bothered to let me know.
Saw one of these robots rained off last week down the pub,chatting the barmaid up.
It went from white bricklayers foo black bricks layers too mexicans brick layers.now it's robotic brick layers.๐ฎ
๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ at ten times the cost!
One thing that isnโt shown is the level surface this thing needs to run on. What are the set up costs? What is the payback period? When do you start making money? Will there be stand by masons to take over when this thing breaks down so the job isnโt held up? How long does it take to set up?
On the other side, you have brick delivered, call the mason, he shows up and starts laying brick
They look nice and straight joke
Do robots have to pay union dues?
I think it's neat that automate stuff..but..man..people been laying brick for thousands of years, wtf are people supposed to do that have been bricklayers for decades? they are screwed, it's terrible, it's like what happened to workers in Pennsylvania/Michigan but it will happen to every construction site in USA
Bottom line, there won't be any jobs or use for tens of millions of people who are now just viewed as a waste of resources. THIS could get very ugly when those at have vast wealth decide they don't need any labor.why fund hospitals or schools?
They just want people homeless. You take away their jobs, you higher taxes to where they unable to pay, you make it difficult for them so they will be living on the streets…
more than half the u.s. economy automated by 2055? (thats before A.I. makes it happen even faster) why are we putting up with so many millions of people being out of work? it's not a good thing unless you're a sociopath that profits off it.
at the end he says young people don't want to go into masonry and that it'll be a different style down the road. if young people today really gave a damn about the environment they would know they're hurting it more with the advancement of this crap and the multiple types of costs during innovation.
what is the point of making robots that lay brick? Some people just hate the economy. they're acting like it's a super dangerous job that's saving lives of brick layers. so basically cut off jobs for people and make construction workers fatter.
โAugmentโ the worker ๐
Thatโs an interesting way to say โreplaceโ
Itโs still can operate on its own
this vid is 6 years old now, is sam still working now? is sam mk II or III here yet?
The great replacement theory is true. Except we will be replaced by robots
and has anything changed in construction sites 5 years later?
I'm trying to figure out how tf my ancestors laid all this damn brick
Actually, I like this robot. Coming from a construction company, lot of you have no idea how some workers literally do nothing and still wants to get paid.
I would like to see a robot reporter that can speak extra 100 words on a 15 Minutes news cast. That's really needed think about it! ๐
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Stick this heap of shite on the scrap heap where it belongs ,no way will this replace a tradesman ,doesn't mix mortar stack bricks ,point up,brush off clean up, uses electricity, needs cleaning,maintenance ,I could go on and on what a white elephant this monster is ,it's laughable and the dickhead promoting it is talking through his arse
a little bit less workers. Freaking heck. People have no idea what will happen in 20 years. Either next to nothing, a little bit, or full automation. Ya don't know.
ok so what… 5/6 years later and this is no where to be seen.. it just doesnt work
So this robot lays more than three times as many bricks as a Human worker… meaning that it does the job of three people, yet it does require two Humans to run it…that still means a net loss of one Human job.
It's ruined my day seeing this! What a fucking joke.
LABOURERS CARRYING FOR A FUCKING ROBOT!
WORLD'S FUCKED
Being an ex brickie, that thing is only good for long courses, and who does the pointing and corners, and does it leave cleaning holes for the amount of mortar dropping into the cavity, does it place wall ties etc, some of these modern day you tube bricklayers could leave that thing standing,so I don't think brickies have anything to worry about haha.
So what happened? Lol
Ahhh 5 years ago. Such a simple time.
Who puts brick now days ? All fabricates.
Does this mean freemasons are obsolete?
They took our jobs!