Dutch startup secures $25M to bring autonomous bricklaying robots to Europe

The construction sector builds the homes we live in, the offices we work in, and the schools our children learn in — but in Europe, there’s a chronic shortage of people to do this critical work. Dutch startup Monumental thinks it has a solution: AI-powered bricklaying robots capable of working autonomously alongside humans. Fitted with sensors and computer vision, the fully-electric machines use small crane-like arms to place bricks and mortar with human-level precision, the startup claims. They are small …

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