This Bricklaying Robot Can Build Walls Faster Than Humans (HBO)

[@VICENews]

The robot can lay bricks at least three times faster than humans - 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: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJjEpmV4gLl7mM0

[@scottgeoffrey1793]

VICE News. I can see a lot of these machine and the inventors getting destroyed.

[@peterjanjanin9883]

Scott Geoffrey nope. Just challenge the engineers to lay some brick lol

[@scottgeoffrey1793]

VICE News . They had these machines like 20 years ago tho didn't they? Why haven't they progressed much?

[@peterjanjanin9883]

Scott Geoffrey I've only got 16, 17 years I'm the trade

[@scottgeoffrey1793]

peter janjanin . What left? Or you've done 16 to 17 years in the trade?

[@drewzifer]

I went by a job site the other day and saw 3 robots standing around watching one robot work.

[@daviddupont3217]

drewzifer unionized robots!!

[@cutlipturtle3127]

Fucking hell your comment made me crack up.lmfao dead

[@spokenfaith4real21]

Dang city worker robots.

[@kocnn]

drewzifer and one was in the shitter

[@TheEXIT207]

Fucking Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesleslie3771]

Yeah, but can it YELL at the apprentice too???

[@kamara6392]

james Leslie there won’t be no more apprentice

[@jminkvihubyb]

@@kamara6392 unless a robot can be built to climb a ladder, fit in random tight spaces, there'll be apprentices. It'd be too complex of a robot to replicate a human. Hydraulics to get up high, and install piping & stuff doesn't seem realistic. Random repetitive work, won't last though

[@AS-3D]

I can see it, the robot telling apprentice workers to go get tartan paint 😂

[@railykazaii1613]

yeah they can program it to send abusive code to the other robots

[@connorwelcher]

@@kamara6392 This robot isn't made to take all jobs from construction workers. This needs people to operate. It was made for that

[@anunnakimenagerie]

I'd be more concern about getting replaced by a robot that lays pipe

[@marrcohh4634]

They have that already 😂😂

[@noconsentgiven]

Nice one🤣😂

[@UnchartedThoughtsMusic]

*Hitachi Magic Wand bout to end this man's whole existence*

[@Andy-im3kj]

🤣🤣🤣 Johnny Sins would like to know your location.

[@albiceleste101]

that lays pipe to your wife?

[@justinfowich6662]

If it takes 2-4 workers to operate the machine, then it should be compared to 3-5 bricklayers.

[@bradowen8862]

it can only work on a plane wall and they need to set it up every time it changes area

[@donquixoterosinante7899]

We'll see in the next 2 decades. The advancement of technology especially robotics is just amazing.

[@outlawjodiewales9295]

Donquixote Rosinante scary though.

[@robertgissy2851]

What about corners and different bonds ect .ok for massive straight wall but usual on site that's done with mettle cladding.

[@mpj-nc6wq]

A laborer is cheaper than a bricklayer

[@picassoossacip2939]

I still think that the older model Juan3000 is a lot better.

[@SteadyBark96720]

victor L 👍🏼for sure!

[@ReallyRyan.]

victor L Isn't that the ultra sleek Mexican model?

[@juandanielhdzplays2133]

victor L right

[@jessieroden7465]

victor L hahaha

[@juandanielhdzplays2133]

Jessie Roden Its not an L is the Truth

[@mikehoncho35]

It lays a bunch of bricks then leaves the jointing for someone else, sounds like some foremen I know.

[@752brickie]

I worked with foremen like that. Run almost to quitting time and have to go do paper work. Or order tubs of grout a few minutes before quitting time! Oh yeah in over 50 years I have seen it all! You just pack up your tools at quitting time and leave. The next day he will” be different!

[@angelajohnson6659]

When they invent a robot to feed the machine then they will be in trouble! Like the guy said they don't have to many places with long brick walls plus it takes a lot of time to set the machine up plus two men have to keep it fed so you really can't compare it against one man!writing this in marched

[@752brickie]

@@angelajohnson6659 Yep they cannot lay out the work,make the saw cuts,scale the heights and on and on ands on.

[@gtbmace1583]

Lol FINALLY 3/8” MORTAR JOINTS... I’ve seen 3/4” joints before🥴

[@YourBroTekk]

every foremen*

[@donshilo2024]

1 guy lays 900 bricks the robot 3000 but needs 5 guys to operate needs to lay 4500 to match the 1 guy so no worries. By the time they set everything for the robot Jose and Juan already finished the wall.

[@ToastedFanArt]

To be fair he said it takes 2 guys to operate, not 5. So it's laying over 50% more bricks when you take away the 1800 bricks those 2 guys could lay in a day.

[@SamArChir]

The robot has apparently doubled in efficiency over the last few years. What happens when it doubles again? What happens when it doesn't need someone to feed it bricks?

[@lachlanjac1663]

@Đeath Vader it's not taking jobs at all it's just increasing productivity once the technology improves, not to mention bricklaying is one of the most in demand trades in the modern day due to a lack of people finishing apprenticeships

[@LifeWithRilla]

Keep sleep on it buddy ;)

[@whatswhat446]

Đeath Vader actually robots are learning how to code. Learn how to code robots coding robots

[@Lexicondiablo]

Anyone can drive as fast as a racing driver in a straight line, the skill comes when you hit the corner. These robots are 50% faster for a single skin long straight wall. Introduce window openings, wall ties, reveals and piers (like in 98% of all brickwork jobs) and the robot is screwed. Horses for courses.

[@msarchive6247]

It's screwed....for now

[@fermitupoupon1754]

It's basically the same as with the road paver laying robots. They can do kilometers on end, much much faster than a human can. It needs 2 people to operate it and insert the triangular pavers every other row, and someone to ride a front loader to feed it pavers. But it'll lay 100 metres an hour, it does the work of about 10 people and only needs a 3 person crew. The biggest downside is that it's no good at corners or doing pattern work. But for doing the bulk of a street it's great. It's taking away jobs for sure, but for every 7 jobs it takes away, it saves 10 people's spine. Which isn't a bad deal.

[@mtadams2009]

I work in automation repair and have for 34 years. Its truly advanced in ways I did not see coming. It would be a big mistake to underestimate the advancement that can and will happen in this line of work.

[@americanslime]

For now

[@budmanman3998]

You sound like a brick layer

[@williampitts7646]

I've met and watched people faster than this robot.

[@Dwight_]

so you're saying these people who are smart enough to build a robot. calculated the speed of this robot vs an average worker wrong? sure

[@williampitts7646]

I'm not talking about average workers, clearly. 🤦‍♂️

[@francogonzalez1985]

@@williampitts7646 then what is your point

[@williampitts7646]

My point is if anything at all this robot will not replace highly skilled masons, but will decrease the amount of masons needed, therefore increasing the need for workers with more skill and speed, which will also increase the pay for those workers.

[@mchammer5034]

Likewise mate. Any one on here disputing that's possible hasn't worked a day on site

[@tom_nobreaks6450]

I read a news artical OSHA gave the robot a fine for not wearing a saftey vest and hard hat.

[@ChipChurp]

Lmao 😂 good one made me chuckle

[@ChipChurp]

Wait till the robots want to unionize

[@OGAlwayzsmiling13]

Or starts collecting your money for jobs lol

[@brentzinn9620]

I am so glad I clicked on this video I need some laughter my life

[@3949zxcvbnm]

I just want to own a robot that can go to work for me, and bring home a paycheck

[@testing-je7yz]

There out there 'husbands"

[@Acekorv]

Buy a Tesla 3 let it self drive as a taxi during the nights. Elon Musk just announced it.

[@3949zxcvbnm]

@@Acekorv I would rather wait until the 2nd or 3rd generation of self driving cars

[@greggotheeggo]

how many mornings waking up for work i’ve thought about this

[@testing-je7yz]

@@stevenwebster3286 No thanks

[@Incountry]

An associate of mine many years ago trained to do heavy construction welding, but he liked deep sea diving and took courses on it, then he trained as a deep sea welder for underwater construction and platforms, he got in to robot technology and learned on programming them, whilst doing that he learned how to use the robot for deepwater welding, now he sits on a platform remote operating these welding robots. He just kept evolving as the technology became into practice and stayed ahead of the game so his job was very sought after in a niche market that was developing... It’s just like agriculture, it doesn’t need huge man power as it once did, keep up or fade away....

[@withOsamaNatto]

What a fantastic person, good for him

[@Idontwantahandle6669]

Uh, operating one of these would require minimum skill, meaning it would be a low paying job. That’s the real aim, to reduce wages.

[@Idontwantahandle6669]

Soon he won’t have a job because the welding robot won’t need human input, then he’ll realize he wasted his life.

[@Incountry]

@@Idontwantahandle6669 Albeit he’s worked all over the world and now train others to do what he did as he’s now a one of a small group of partners of this multimillion dollar company, developed and incorporated AI into their systems that still requires human interaction. I guess you’re right, he’ll definitely be out of a job as it’s called retirement at 50…

[@rotoscopic8757]

I showed this video to a construction worker building a wall. He shit a brick.

[@bigdickpornsuperstar]

Was his name Sam?

[@rotoscopic8757]

Jerry VanNuys As in Uncle?

[@angelbarbosa7835]

ROTO SCOPIC those take to long ,to set up . and could only do straight walls not flexible .Very limited. cost to much, and truly not cost effective . so good luck with that machine .

[@stevelufc64]

Angel Barbosa not yet

[@paoDaoGe]

+Angel Barbosa These robots are like computers from 1960's - big, difficult to operate, & expensive. It is now 2017, and you can buy a cheap laptop that does everything better than its 1960's predecessors. I'd imagine 50-60 years from now people could buy a general purpose robot for a thousand bucks or less.

[@tiloalo]

So the robot need 3 workers to assist it and is a pain to setup, for 3000 bricks per day. A worker is putting 1000 bricks per day, so 3 worker can lay 3000 bricks per day, don't need setup/maintenance/electricity/technician or high skilled employee... I think it's not quite there yet... I suppose the problem is also the use of human adapted brick and material for a robot. Bigger brick or other material might be better for the robot

[@kms50549]

Yes but the humans assisting the robot require less skill and can therefore be paid less.

[@orangemoonglows2692]

no. you have to be skilled to assist and operate that robot. it requires way fewer skills to lay those bricks than operate that robot. the robot is not paid. lol. the price will go down as the machines get more reliable, faster, etc.

[@peterjanjanin9883]

Touli Loup some set up is required but that's the labourers job

[@peterjanjanin9883]

orange moonglows that's like saying you need to be skilled to operate the machines at McDonald's ......

[@tiloalo]

peter janjanin even in McDonald you need someone train to fix the machine in case of problem. I suppose an automated soda or ice cream dispenser is not that simple... This robot surely need some fine tuning during operation, so at least one of the member need to be train. Also someone need to be able to maintain the robot, part need to be controlled / replaced.

[@davidb2206]

Remember, the first cars went only about 5mph, were hard to crank, and people predicted they would never replace horses. "Nobody would want a home computer." -- famous last words

[@Shadow-jo5yf]

Nup aaah nup, can't rember that😋 I must have been asleep

[@cristianturcios6667]

David B they also said iron workers would replace carpenters

[@pedinhuh16]

Funny you should say that, because besides gamers and office workers, nobody else really wants a computer at home anymore...Because their phones can do almost everything the computers can do.

[@davidb2206]

@@pedinhuh16 The trouble is, the phones cause brain tumors, such as the ones that killed Ted Kennedy and OJ Simpson's lawyer. A home desktop does not. Plus, an adult does not want to spend all day twiddling thumbs on a tiny keypad. Plus, you can't do any serious editing / writing work on a phone. Nobody else? No, every professional I know around me works from a larger screen, not a phone. Gamers are losers who don't create much and don't make much money, since they waste so much time. Can you imagine Henry Ford or Elon or Bill Gates sitting around gaming all day? Impossible.

[@hikdingle2210]

@@pedinhuh16 That's his point

[@user-rn3bb3dj4p]

Bricklayer: I'm on $30 an hour bro Robot:

[@noncontradiction]

I get what you're saying but thats like a $100,000 robot being assisted by like 6 other guys dude...

[@sdprz7893]

@@noncontradiction Yeah right now thats how it is, but tech improves and it improves rapidly. In a decade, you probably won't need humans in the process much

[@iplaycod056]

Yes just wait when the robots start killing us

[@DRS659]

30 an hour...what country only pays 30 bucks an hour? I'm in Canada at the bare minimum we get around 40 and that's bare minimum

[@briant9764]

i remember in the 80 s you could see adds in the newspaper bricklayers 25 hour

[@MikeT003]

Trump: *Heavy Breathing*

[@jblob5764]

Venom Snake such an underrated comment

[@GameMovieStudios2000]

Venom Snake lol

[@jaxxbrat2634]

Naaaaa...he chose concrete slabs

[@benasjonusas6367]

I think he would just say something along the lines of "I'm so good at laying bricks, there's no robot that's better at laying bricks than me" or "What robot? That's fake news!"

[@imakevideos5377]

Venom Snake he should think like this: more efficient construction in the USA and one new company in the USA. Yay more jobs less labor intensive work for humans meaning better health less dangerous probs less construction accidents from bad bricklaying

[@myrealnicknam]

Laying 3000 bricks in 8 hours. With the help of 2 "real bricklayers" to do the joints and another man feeding it .... So it means that the robot by itself ain't worth a shit.

[@signumxmagnum]

It's worthy is in the endurance, it is capable of working non stop (albeit needed to be fill with materials first) but overall the worth is absolutely better, because worker only need to supply materials while the work are done by machine.

[@connorwelcher]

Man, its almost like it was made to be semi automated.

[@mtadams2009]

I work in automation repair and have most of my adult life, about 35 years and the advancements have been amazing. If I was picking a career today I would ask myself " can it be automated". This is going to be and is an issue for those less educated. Do not kid yourself on this. I have seen completely automated warehouses with robots doing things that you would not believe, its here now.

[@jthkeystone]

If they develop a second arm for the robot, one arm could be setting a brick while the other arm is picking up and mudding a brick. So as one arm was releasing a set brick the next arm would be a split second behind it with the next brick. That would make it go nearly twice as fast as it is now. From a business standpoint, I can see why an owner would invest in this, skilled bricklayers are extremely hard to find and if you do happen to have some good ones, there nothing you can do to keep them from leaving. And the saving is not just the face wage. The machine has no workers comp, no SSN match, no health insurance, no vacation days, no pension, no sick days. Just maintain cost like any other piece of equipment.

[@davek1943]

plus no coffee breaks or 8-12 hour shifts...it will work 24 hr per day if supported. skilled labor may be required now but with upgrades only semi-skilled humans and eventually nobody at all

[@bendover9862]

I'm a bricklayer and those are some shitty looking dirty joints.

[@gigabane7357]

Look how much muck is wasted too, they want to invent a robot for bricklayers, then all it need do is climb the scaffolding with supplies of bricks, mortar and a built in tea urn in the chest =D

[@totalbasedcan1676]

Ben Dover Agree as a bricklayer myself the wall looks like shit.

[@CM-tv2bu]

UNRAVELING THE MATRIX right now but in a few years these things only get better this didn't even exsist in someone's thoughts 10 years ago and now it's only in its infant stage

[@codycassidy8367]

Ben Dover same it hurts to watch

[@hindugoat2302]

you are just defensive over losing your job, but this machine will get upgraded every year and get better and faster, and humans will remain the same level ... this is progress its unavoidable

[@rogerramjet5696]

So property will be cheaper if we can build quicker? Nah!

[@Navy35]

Ain’t that a shift, a robot taken a job away from a Mexican. Well if he complains he’ll be called xenophobic and told that he didn’t really want that job

[@guy_in_ashopping_cart-sfs967]

@Matt P no because the robot only has to be bought once although they will have to service it fairly regularly

[@NatalieCabral]

First Americans are worried about Mexicans taking their jobs..but they should be concerned about the robots 😐

[@skullfc4215]

Natalie Cabral imagine when Mexican robots come along!

[@TattooedNSnappedBack]

Your misinformed ita about loss of revenue that they are worried about they dont pay tax on ther money they dont spend the money in the states and they send it back to their country so it revenue never counted here it may not be much but it all ads up thats part of why our money isnt worth shit because most things arent made in the states any more so the money goes to other countries

[@lorenzohernandez7261]

Natalie Cabral I'm so proud for you

[@gamefowljennifersfarm5678]

Natalie Cabral no body takes no ones job is just cheaper and faster for contractors

[@mannygomez7208]

Natalie Cabral : | m f b 0.

[@hemanthchukku]

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.

[@Dariocorral01]

This is going to be the same guy that complains when AI takes over his project management position.

[@christopherbosch8864]

we need robot polticians oh wait we have them already remotely controled by the ones with money

[@Deadlyaztec27]

Christopher Bosch I would trust an AI politician over a human one.

[@itsnotatoober]

Project managers should be replaced with robots. I think most slow down the jobs and fight with the actual workers

[@nadominhoca]

@random user To answer your first three questions... YES YES NO

[@aabb-zz9uw]

Doctors and lawyers won't be replaced by AI as they have social bargaining power and are mostly highly educated women.

[@harrymarquez5931]

Less workers + more machines = skynet

[@Goodwithwood69]

I can't fucking wait!

[@1stfloorguy59]

Matthew Smith same we won't need jobs at the point. The humans will all have to be drafted so we can fight the robots.

[@lgtv765]

Harry Marquez Skynet = humanless 😱

[@arun.sekher]

Less workers + more machines = Anthropogenic climate change!!

[@RustyB5000]

WHY DONT WE USE BIGGER BRICKS SO WE DONT HAVE TO LAY SO MANY EFFIN BRICKS?

[@RustyB5000]

WHY DONT WE USE MORE BLOCKS?

[@codyjones1098]

HMM that is what will happen as robots can lift heavier brick ie larger brick oh wow even less men needed fantastic!

[@RustyB5000]

WHY DON'T WE USE BIGGER ROBOTS AND BIGGER BLOCKS?

[@Sammy-vc3nu]

MWYANT19 think you need to turn off cap lock bro;)

[@dudelarson]

yeah like why don't we use big ass blocks like the Egyptians? damnit

[@johnbarnesNnaptown]

What Sam doesn't realize is that one day there will be a robot doing his job too.

[@neutrino78x]

It's a lot harder. To replace his job you would need to make a sentient computer program, like Data on Star Trek. We're hundreds of years from that, if it is even possible to do it. And such a program would have the same rights as any other US citizen so it can demand pay, so there's no incentive to do it.

[@johnbarnesNnaptown]

@@neutrino78x If that were the case they would make those self checkout registers at the grocery store pay the same taxes and social security that a regular employee must pay.

[@neutrino78x]

@@johnbarnesNnaptown "f that were the case they would make those self checkout registers at the grocery store pay the same taxes and social security that a regular employee must pay." No......because that doesn't require human judgement, human creativity and human reason. That's just scanning barcodes. Whereas software development, legal services including lawyers, the practice of medicine, the practice of science, these things all require humans. Jobs like that should be safe the foreseeable future. 🙂

[@johnbarnesNnaptown]

@@neutrino78x the original point I was replying to was that if computers were sentient you would have to treat them as humans that have rights and are deserving of compassion. That sentiment is absent when it comes to actual humans that may be dependent on social security or other government programs in a world where automation and AI is taking the place of people that would pay into those programs.

[@neutrino78x]

@@johnbarnesNnaptown " That sentiment is absent when it comes to actual humans that may be dependent on social security or other government programs in a world where automation and AI is taking the place of people that would pay into those programs." Well, eventually we'll probably do UBI, if it gets to the point that very few human workers are needed. It's not clear that UBI would necessarily ever be needed, though....normally when a job becomes obsolete due to automation it creates others. But that's supposedly how things work in Star Trek, where there's no rote labor, it's all robots. Presumably everybody gets Universal Basic Income, and a guaranteed place to live. There would still be scarcity though, and if you wanted to pay for things beyond what's guaranteed, you still have the option to work, and those people generate a lot of wealth to support the UBI. 🙂

[@thelawisfortherichtruth6520]

This robot makes the work of 3 workers but it needs 2 operators, X amount of workers to set it up and the technicians to program it therefore it is not replacing 3 workers. Maybe if the wall is several miles long then it will make sense.The designers of this robot have a long way to go to challenge the masonry workers skills.

[@gregoryeverson741]

it needs to lay more than 1 brick at a time

[@CrniWuk]

Give it time and it might happen to replace human workers in most places. Think about what jobs looked like 50 years ago and then think about what they will look in 10, 20 or even 50 years from now on. You have already software writing articles, composing songs, and doing all sorts of menial tasks. I believe, the changes will come much faster than people believe. And the reason for it is very simple. Workers make more than 30% of the expenses. So anyone has a real incetive to find ways to cut those. And machines, have always been a sure and steady way of doing it. It might take time, but I am certain it will happen. We humans tend to put our selfs on a pedestal and the skills we apply, but particularly menial and tedious tasks, can be actually automated relatively easy. Hell, if a robot can compose songs and create art, which some do, then you will see robots replacing brick layers at some point.

[@MrEvilsurpent]

Not to mention engineers arent building to brick work. In other words theres gonna be special cuts and pieces in the wall this would be impossible for this machine to do

[@MrEvilsurpent]

@@CrniWuk for masonry u need a machine with ai we make the building square theres to many variables involved. Theres mistakes in blue prints. Mistakes in foundation. Theres allways something out of square if we just went by ablue print shit would be fucked up. Usually 2 or 3 minds gather to come up with solutions to these problems. Theres also logistic nighmares like how to program for the right mixture because the instructions on the bag dont take into account humidity temprature and climate factors which effect how rapidly the mix sets. Then u got to wonder how does this machine keep the mud from setting up before its ready. And how do u clean it because standard mixers are beat with a large hammer and sprayed out. U would need its own mixer and it own water supply so u tie up the job sites water . u wouldalso have to clean it out every 2 hours or it would gum up.

[@patrickmiller1674]

@@MrEvilsurpent u must be in masonry. They should instead work on a different building method and material, instead of getting a machine to build with bricks.

[@BenWillock]

They're turking err jerbs

[@tangkhul_Tekken]

Ohhh i see what you did there. They terk err terbs!!

[@nuclear8817]

Benjamin It will be funny to the robots

[@aaronwebb7090]

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[@Boabl-zs4fm]

Ben Willock gawd damn it durk er durrr

[@Jgvcfguy]

We need to deport all these robots.and build a firewall and make the AI pay for it.

[@Paulivewire]

Can they build a robot that sits in coffee shops farting around all day on his laptop to replace all the useless hipsters

[@davidlawrence8085]

LOVE IT , Thanks Paul !

[@decay1928]

Hahaha good idea 😂

[@CrniWuk]

There are already automated trolls.

[@bonanzatime]

But don't they work for Google 'improving' all the apps for us to 'Update' everyday. ..

[@imakevideos5377]

Paul DTOM robot baristas oh wait that’s already a thing but ppl still like having human baristas.

[@hurcorh]

Still requires "at least" two human beings to do finishing work.... It's ok bricklayers, your smokos are safe. For now.

[@aabb-zz9uw]

Technology develops rapidly.

[@tobuscusfoop]

Let's just make everything automated like the Jetsons

[@snoviisnow]

What about jobs?

[@gregistopal]

EpicDragonzs communism! That was a joke

[@stallio5612]

Spooncer We are moving toward slavery trust me you can say that confidently if you are in IT, IT depicts the social changes in fast-forward way which people in other sector can't see. First outsourcing to India and other countries and in those countries Automation is cutting jobs. Trust me coders will long live in to feed the morsels to Artificial intelligence, there will be few people to maintain it, testing team then automation will do those by itself. It is started. and fast. I have seen it. Coming back to slavery with all those machines and automation only few will have power and will manipulate the market.....the job.....slavery! Only brain game will be there who can't compete in analytical skill Top reasoning power won't have jobs.

[@bigdickpornsuperstar]

As long as I can have that 1 hour a day, 3 day work week that consists solely of pressing a button... sure. Given their standard of living, George got paid reasonable well for his three button pushes a week, so I'm good with it.

[@ragewithrizzo589]

EpicDragon When you compare the cost of one bricklayer who can lay 1000 bricks per day to the cost of one smart machine which can lay 3000 bricks a day needing one bricklayer to dress the joints and then add the cost of the machine, the only guy who wins is he guy who invented the dumb machine. The rest is history.

[@droid01101]

Who knows if buildings are going to be built using bricks in the future. Being how tech companies like Apple are making their headquarters more ecologically friendly, there could be a shift of the materials being used to make these buildings, bricklaying may be pushed back as an item of the past... But who knows, time will tell. Great story, by the way!

[@cosmicoven9042]

That robot seems slow to be honest.

[@genuineuni]

Probably has a Robot Workers Union!!! :)

[@omegasupreme5527]

Well it's not going to come right out of the gate and be perfect. This is trial and error stuff you're watching here. They still need to work on a lot before you could set one of these things on a task and just forget about it.

[@cup_and_cone]

That's what I thought... especially since there are still two guys cleaning up after it.

[@tc1817]

Hi How R u?...fuckstick, it's about 3 times faster than the best human workers. Pay attention.

[@daw162]

Ultimately, the way labor works in this country, someone will decide that you don't need a mason to clean up after it, so it will lay the bricks of three masons, and be followed by two guys who are not tradesmen. The entire purpose of mechanization (furniture manufacturing, etc) has been to get skilled trades out of the equation when making things, and decrease labor cost first even if it means not decreasing employee count.

[@eldominici3732]

This came out 3 years ago and I have yet to see a robot lay a brick

[@Am_Yeff]

We transitioned from "Lets use bricks" to "Lets print the house lmao" so you probably will never see it

[@frankfalkenburry5373]

Cause it's trash. Slower than humans and only doing straight lines.

[@ES-fr3yz]

This is practical for limited applications only,don't worry, a good bricklayers and stonemasons are irreplaceable.

[@jgg204]

they have been replaced by cheap mexican labor, but now all labor is not cheap anymore and robots will be the future. you don't think an asimo or boston dynamics robot could lay bricks? they can autonomously traverse a hallway and figure out how to open doors. laying brick would be cake

[@kingknotty726]

I tended to a mason who won the brick laying contest in Vegas back in the 80s. He laid 1000 in an hour and held a world record at the time

[@user-zy9yg2eu5t]

Knotty God yeah but the wall looked like a schizophrenics underpants so... swings and roundabouts

[@rustyscrapper]

Ya I know right the bricklayers I worked for were about as fast as the robot and didn't leave so much extra mortar oozing out of the joints. They must be getting their numbers from dog fracking bricklayers that take smoke breaks every 20 minutes and play with the mortar on their boards with their trowels for extended periods of time, tap on every brick 15 times and wait until they run out of mortar before they tell the forklift operator the box is empty as an excuse to stop working for 10 minutes.

[@kingknotty726]

rustyscrapper bro I can’t stand when the masons sit there and tap on their mud boards with their trowels. I wanna throw the shovel at them when they do that shit 😂 or sit there and yell that they need cuts

[@DRS659]

@@kingknotty726 cant stand whiney labourers, it's your job just fucking do it hahaaha

[@larrywhittaker9180]

1000 an hour? Lol jesus.

[@mr.x9566]

"these Chinese robots coming over here and taking all our jobs"

[@hermanrogers1325]

That’s the plan them people have million dollars for a machine and China carry the money to the bank of China and we lose jobs

[@kula7465]

''Holy shit a robot that can do things faster that a person, that's never happened before I am so surprised.'' - no one.

[@guy_in_ashopping_cart-sfs967]

My dad was a bricklayer for 20 years, but then he fell off a scaffold 3 stories high and broke his back. He is paralysed from the waist down now

[@guy_in_ashopping_cart-sfs967]

@Matthew Neddeau honestly im actually more happy hes not dead, nor brain injured and plus he got to get a pathway out of intense manual labour in 30°C heat for crap pay. I asked him if he misses being a bricklayer and he said "hell no, i should have left that job 19 years ago, now i get to enjoy life at home but with a trade off of not being able to enjoy life at its full potential."

[@reggieos6945]

@@guy_in_ashopping_cart-sfs967 crap pay? here in Ohio the rate is 31hr$. to 33$hr when ever our boots leave the ground + the Healthcare benefits retirement

[@pablomuzzobar8940]

@@reggieos6945 that's crap pay brudda.

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

@@pablomuzzobar8940 you must be one of those liberals that like to get paid $100 an hour

[@TeeColibri]

This is what CPG Gray warmed us about in his video, “humans need not apply”.

[@j.a.r.family2576]

1:00 while saying efficiency on construction sites is killing the industry while a guy hanging out while other people work hahah

[@mrbond9882]

Regardless of what people are saying in these comments, robots don't file workers comp, or call out sick. They'll be here to stay

[@Censoredbyfscists]

The technology is limited to straight panels with no openings. It may already be obsolete as pre fabricated brick panels are now being used in places.

[@connorwelcher]

I dont even see the point as we can 3D print buildings

[@migueldoliveiracomposer]

"Mackenzie's prediction may be off by 20 years either side", they claim. Anyone can make predictions like that.

[@pumukliboti]

But why are we not talking about the fact that these guys are laying millions of bricks over a concrete wall as a façade only...?! Such a waste of time and resources, with or without robitics. Ever thought of painting that concrete wall?

[@RIPKINGTRUE_626_LA_PUENTE]

Thought the same thing I know of a lot of buildings like this What a waste

[@jesseperez4185]

Consumer capitalism at its finest! That's what commercial construction is in a nutshell

[@raymond_luxury_yacht]

brick wallpaper dude....

[@johnnymcblaze]

Who's working on the robots that are going to replace corperate CEOs CFOs and chairman?

[@KnightGlint]

IBM.

[@jminkvihubyb]

@Đeath Vader long $YANG with calls than

[@AmazingStoryDewd]

Will likely never happen (For the foreseeable future at least). Robots so far are only capable of taking over mostly repetitious jobs, or mastering a very specific activity. You would need a general intelligence robot to take over such a job. Brick laying requires significantly less brain power.

[@johnnymcblaze]

@@AmazingStoryDewd 😔It was a critique. Not an actual question.

[@EricErnst]

Whay does it do with coals and chippers? no striking, long set up times, and it needs 2 guys to monitor it all day long. Yeah, brag about 3200 laying brick on a dead wall. It's not threatening yet.

[@peterjanjanin9883]

Eric Ernst does SAM stop for control joints? Lol

[@asef698]

So it needs 4 people to run the machine? Machine lays approx 3k bricks, 4 men lay approx 4k?

[@damiansconberg4715]

ashley sefton *efficiency*

[@blackheart9068]

Sarcastic Squash you mean laziness LOL

[@redearthae3888]

jldude84 you think your going to be paying less money for people to run the machine? good luck with that.

[@rareairentertainment2794]

production being the same here's the real meat and potatoes: Sam never goes on break or lunch. Sam never sues for harassment or discrimination, Sam never files medical claims or requires medical insurance, Sam doesn't come to work in a bad mood, Sam doesn't bring his home life to work, Sam shows up everyday and reliably does his job, Unless Sam is programmed or set up wrong, Sam doesn't make mistakes, if Sam falls off that scaffolding and crashes the media won't vilify the company and the family of Sam won't sue. Need more?

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

AND 4 MACHINED CAN LAY 12K SO WHAT POINT ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE?

[@theharlequin7280]

2:08 Ben Affleck really took his construction worker role from Good Will Hunting to the next level.

[@DavidRadford.]

2:33 my Nigga said shut up bro, your asking to many right questions.... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@winoguy333]

Looks like Trump may have found a solution to building that wall!

[@bankruptbritain6103]

Wino Guy or it could brick him up instead

[@KingBubbaRay]

This thing is tossing up bricks faster than James Harden in the playoffs! 😂😳😂

[@freedommmc]

Unnecessary

[@noconsentgiven]

Hilarious🤣🤣👍

[@westsenkovec]

You call that a brick wall? lol

[@nosurrender4321]

West Senkovec I'm not sure what else you would call it

[@peterjanjanin9883]

West Senkovec the perps are tight but meh.....

[@aaroninks]

Never makes a mistake as long as a human is monitoring it. Places bricks only, can’t finish the joint or brush for aesthetics. Doesn’t do corners, but goes like hell in a straight line. Takes several days to set up just to get rolling. Doesn’t pee in corners *bonus*

[@peterjanjanin9883]

Aaron Nunya that's not hell in a straight line ;)

[@lukef2945]

No Surrender I know right!? Lmfao

[@brianzuchelli2988]

My question with all of this automation is, just because we can, do that mean we should?

[@Yozie__mrhjb9703]

Pure ignorance by you. It's for profit. The only thing that matters to a capitalist pig.

[@Barabbas7798]

If I see a robot like that on my job ill sabotage it

[@jimpeschke3435]

Thanks. Now they all know not to hire you.

[@blackkitty2871]

1:04 STRAIGHT LIES about construction efficiency. It's increased over 20 FOLD in the last 30 years. Mainly due to crimped fittings and cordless tools and scissor lifts and boom lifts.

[@gregmartin9024]

20 fold? Yeah, that's going to be a [citation needed] because that is patently absurd. But I don't doubt that there has been some productivity gains from the technologies you mention.

[@misatoblushing6913]

@@gregmartin9024 lmao yeah, i dont think a small team of Juans can erect a house in 24 hours

[@spok209]

4:33 you must be looking for young workers in hipster towns haha

[@mchammer5034]

Any brickies out there notice the levels? More waves than my local. Can't see this lasting long, remember the guy talking here is the guy making money if this thing takes off

[@Da51lva]

But will it pay taxes? Rest my case

[@ronl9357]

I for one welcome our new bricklaying overlords.

[@TM-of3jq]

“Young people don’t wanna go into masonry” WRONG I’m gonna 19 & love masonry

[@aureliusva]

Young people do want those tasks in those fields.

[@RJamesBaphomet1988]

Robot does 3200 bricks. ..3 skilled bricklayers could do 3200 easy peasy .can the robot learn to cheat gauge to make things work, or maybe account for setup and disassemble time. This looks incredibly stupid

[@Nunjabuz]

Robot doesn't have to cheat gauge, it layed it right the first time.

[@numbzinger350]

Two things that contribute to the shortage of American skilled workers: 1. Drug testing 2. Predominant language spoken on the jobsite

[@t3ddyb34r5]

There's nothing wrong with English being dominant. It's actually one of, if not THE easiest languages to learn.

[@mercantilistic]

@@t3ddyb34r5 What are you talking about? English is notoriously difficult to learn for non-native speakers.

[@t3ddyb34r5]

@@mercantilistic I never said it's not hard, I said out of all languages, it's probably the easiest (as long as you know a language that uses the same alphabet).

[@mercantilistic]

@@t3ddyb34r5 and I'm telling that is demonstrably not true. You can think whatever you like but it's not accurate. There are so many grammatically, spelling and pronunciation exceptions in English.

[@karatehit]

it might be faster than Mexicans, but sure as hell not cheaper

[@Loathomar]

That is subjective. The average brick layer is paid ~$50K per year with an addition ~50% to the employer for taxes and insurance and things, and he can lay 900 brick. The robot plus 2 people was laying 3.6 times that, meaning the robot is worth 1.6 brick layers, meaning it is worth ~$122K per year, if its life is over 10 years it can be cheaper then a brick layer if it cost less the 1 million with a good warranty.

[@holatio4028]

Give it some time!

[@beyondtheview9668]

Jpå SWITCH THAT AROUND AND THEN YOULL BE MAKING SENSE NOT FASTER THAN MEXICANS BUT CHEAPER THAN MEXICANS

[@karatehit]

how is that cheaper than Mexicans?

[@beyondtheview9668]

Jpå GROUP OF 15 men : 16$per hour 8hrs a day = roughly 38,400 per month. On a project that could take roughly 7months to a year?

[@suprememagnetic4850]

Here’s the problem….. You use robots, eventually, less people will get hired, less demand for these workers, less and less people will work as a bricklayer, more and more robots made for this, eventually, when these breakdown or some other problem, you’re not gonna have anyone who knows how to do this work anymore because there’s no demand in this. All you need is a major mechanical error or sabotage to ruin a company that Ailey relies on this stuff. It’s all about saving money and making more money at the end, nothing more nothing less. I wouldn’t want a robot to make my home and chances are it messes up like all robots do, there’s always defected parts and pieces in every machine made items.

[@frankfalkenburry5373]

good point. its all a gimmick.

[@donnieporter7890]

The U.S. needs to start apprentice programs like they do in other countries these construction jobs pay well but no benefits these people in Congress should get health insurance for every citizen start apprentice programs and make this country great again

[@ChipChurp]

Something like the WPA projects they passed during the great depression and ww2

[@thedude6324]

As long as the already rich business owner gets richer who cares if some labourer can't feed his family , they say in 20 years 40% of jobs be gone thanks to robots

[@BeanyOwns]

So we should slow down technological progress so some people can keep their jobs? Before the car was invented, people had to use horse and cart. Should we have banned the production of cars, so that carriage manufacturers could stay in business?

[@thedude6324]

@@BeanyOwns no when changed to cars more jobs probably created much more

[@jacka5676]

Don’t worry about the foreign workers flooding the border

[@Pyette91]

sam never makes mistakes or gets tired....(but sam breaks)!!

[@lanflan1683]

GXM Pyette91 people get hurt

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

call in another robot to fix sam and pay him off in 3 in 1 light grade machinist oil.

[@T1Oracle]

Looks like the actual workers aren't all that worried about jobs. That robot needs a lot of help and they can't even find enough people who want that work anyway.

[@cristianmunoz2480]

Man why is everyone trying to replace everybody with robots

[@remu269]

@@alfonscarlson oh no

[@4dak88]

because engineers are getting smarter, education is improving and so is society, if you don't like it your free to throw your cell phone In the garbage, donate your car and buy a horse if your against technology, if a brickworker loses his job hes free to apply somewhere else that's needs workers

[@cristianmunoz2480]

@@4dak88 Tradesman are one of the more important jobs in the world. Why try to replace that with robots. I'm not really worried about losing my job to a robot because I doubt a robot can crawl underneath a house and fix a broken pipe or wire a building.

[@cantu2934]

Cristian Munoz they have a robot for that

[@cristianmunoz2480]

@@cantu2934 so they have a robot that can trouble shoot a problem on it's own? I doubt that at least not yet.

[@raymondbullock6661]

i laughed when i saw it. Nice flat ground to work on. Any obstruction on the ground would prove nightmare.

[@numbronepackfan]

This is a great step, but they're at least 20 years from having any sort of robot that can lay any sort of detailed work. That would involve cutting and various angles. The framing and concrete you are laying on is not always straight either. Once they make a robot that can adapt to these variables, a company will have to make it economical and serviceable. These square brick buildings with walls all in the same plane are the few and far between. Source - commercial masonry project manager

[@videogalore]

I appreciate that this is a few years old now, but I can't figure out why they were using real bricks for this job in the first place? Looks like they could have fitted brick slip panels in a lot less time as it's just cladding for some vast structure.

[@joaquinolvera1204]

1000 bricks in one day is commercial. Residential brick layers can lay up 2000-3000 in a day. (Per person) of course with a good group of laborers.

[@joaquinolvera1204]

Yo thats true. Sadly

[@vinny8vinny]

3000 Brick a day 😂😂😂😂😂

[@joaquinolvera1204]

vinny8vinny 4000*

[@_josh_cyr_]

Yeah 1,000 a day is a joke... they would be fired before lunch if they went that slow on a residential job. 2300-2500 is "normal" I saw a 72 year old man lay around 3300 once

[@Rieaso]

you do know there is more to the job then just laying bricks?

[@fpsfein]

Now make robots to take over the creators of the robots.

[@magma2680]

why would anyone willingly make Skynet?

[@safir2241]

Combine it with self improving AI & you just replaced all people with this job

[@jesper9622]

No, we dont want self improving AI, it will kill us all. Humans must be in charge.

[@Ab-lx1ck]

@Mike Wilhelmson and you don't know jack shit about machine learning. Not this stupid buzzword "AI" but actual machine learning, in this case for tasks like this reinforcment learning. I worked construction throughout my whole undergrad, mostly framing, and although there will still be a good amount of jobs on construction sites, in the next 15 years a lot of dumbasses like you who I used to work with will be out of a job, because of my current career, which is using reinforcment learning to automate tasks in the construction industry. People don't seem to understand that this is just the first generation. These machines will improve and start working on more complicated tasks. For example my company is making pretty good progress in automating laying and tying rebar using only robots from just a revit design. 2 people are needed on a job that would for its size usually 10.

[@yammiihabibi9391]

Next thing you see, robotic plumber & electrician lol! Hey you never know.

[@ISoloYouRelax]

The idea that I've always thought that America would push towards is pretty much a Utopia that everyone is free to pursue whatever that want because we'll just have robots doing everything. However it'd quickly turn to a dystopia.

[@KDH-br6hy]

I can wait till all the jobs go then there no need to work and utopia

[@cs0345]

There's going to be a labor shortage in the future anyways due to low birthrates so it doesn't matter that robots are taking away menial jobs

[@chugginbeers]

Tooling joints takes alot of time, i could easily lay 3000 with good mortar, no tooling, installing no insulation or reinforcements. I dont require hours of programming in between different types and bands of masonry.

[@bisasomukasa]

It takes minimum of 25 years from birth to a master bricklayer and counting the cost of feeding, clothing, educating,providing healthcare the robots it could be cheaper and faster to freshly mint new master level bricklayer robots that won't have doubts whether they would like to spend the rest of operating life laying bricks unlike humans

[@obs6686]

@@bisasomukasa You obviously don't work in any type of construction trade. You are not factoring in and accounting for the ability to build a lead, install proper anchoring, insulation, mortar net, weep vents. In brick work you constantly have to hit certain heights for Windows, doors, relief angle irons, this changes the the uniformity of how the wall will be laid. You must constantly get up or get down to hit this measurements. All of that can be easily done on the fly with a human bricklayer. Not to mention this robot can only work on 1 type of scaffolding. It can't wash down either. It's not saving time or money. It can't lay block, it can't lay stone. These machines won't be taking our jobs anytime soon, if ever. There is much more to masonry than laying a brick in a wall.

[@beardedbricky7834]

How much does one of those things cost to keep up. Not to mention they had 2 guys working with it and keeping it going. The cost of that thing and upkeep is probably more expensive than a good brick layer that runs off of piss and vinegar. Robots will never compete with humans. Wow he can lay 3000 brick down a straight line with a man tooling his joints and one feeding him brick and mud. Guess what it doesn’t take 25 years to get to that. 3 years and a good apprentice can run and gun 3000 with a jointer and someone feeding him. We call them line beaters and they make less than the rest of the guys who can layout hand build set stone etc. if you are paying more than $20 an hour for that thing you are paying too much cause you could have grabbed a 3 year apprentice and at least he could get better. With that thing you better find a lot of long straight walls. Smh😂😂😂😂😂

[@jaddoop7188]

@@obs6686 not mention working in inclement weather. That robot better be water tight.

[@visibleconfusion9894]

WHAT IS MY PURPOSE you lay bricks OH. MY. GOD..

[@francolopez8283]

But does the robot make angle cuts and cut out grooves on the brick when it comes across rebar and how about a circular wall?...

[@brandonsoles1169]

So you telling me I chose the wrong trade?

[@peterjanjanin9883]

Brandon Soles nope!

[@jopharhautman9716]

No windows, cuts or detail and the the work was pretty rough when you look down the wall. Other products will eliminate masonry before the robots can do anything more than straight walls and straight walls are practically non existent in today's masonry.

[@rayw2455]

Pause at 1:34 or 1:35 Shitty job.

[@ironlungthe3rd]

"the best human masons can only lay 1000 bricks a day" incorrect.

[@1889michaelcraig]

Right! I can lay 1200 a day with a good labor. And if the wall isnt cut to shit

[@ironlungthe3rd]

@ItchyPilauBoto808 yeah I was a bricky for 8 years pal, and some people I know can do 200-300 in an hour.. so yes quite easily.

[@mtb416]

Even at such a brutal pace, you’re nowhere near 3k a day, let alone staying within the same tolerances the robot achieves all day long. Like the worker said, these long lays on large commercial buildings work to the strength of this robot, not humans.

[@simonelliott7570]

A long way to go before robots replace brikies, there are things this machine will never be able to do it has no judgement or understanding of what its doing.

[@connorwelcher]

@@simonelliott7570 This machine wasnt made to replace them. It was made to make it faster and more efficent. The company has said (forgot if it was their website of a news article) that it didn't want to replace construction workers

[@johnlawson6397]

That wall looked like my apprentice built it

[@tltsw]

The real problem is when Mexicans come here to work for pennies on the dollar, it drives down the wages for the American worker who gets to have a family and raise kids. These workers come here and 7 to 10 workers live in the same house and send money back to Mexico, so this drives down the wages. If a American tried to move to Mexico for instance he will not get the same results as a Mexican. Also goes for people from eastern countries that come here and buy all the dam gas stations on a government interest free loan and then they turn it over to a family member in 7 yrs and do it all over again because there visa runs out. All this is screwing over the American man and woman that are born and raised here that don't get the same treatment.

[@cindysue5474]

What this country needs is Everify across this nation it will fine employers for hiring them that will send about 10 million illegals back home.Mexicans can get work visas which is fine but the ones getting paid under the table need too go they don't pay state or federal taxes.

[@amendez177]

Cindy Sue the Mexicans going to US with work visas are not gonna go there to lay bricks. They are gonna go there to take higher pay jobs. Be careful what you wish for.

[@ScarletIbis531]

The real problem is when your great-grandparents 'come here' from a difficult life in Europe (yeah, I'm pretty sure you're white) and three generations later assholes like you are produced, riding the Trump train with America=White emblazoned down the side. Mexicans take the jobs Americans don't want. The low wages they earn make your food cheap. You've seized on a video about automation to bash Mexicans. Just change your screen name to make America White Again already. At least have the cojones (that balls in Mexicanese) to be honest with yourself. You racist jerk.

[@dale2778]

MAKE AMERICA WHITE AGAIN!! GO TRUMP! I am all for that! thanks fer the idea!! good job.

[@nirad8026]

There goes millions of workplaces with a single invention. Pity.

[@Biscuitchris7again]

Davos: "A little bit less workers." Stannis: "Fewer." Davos: "What?" Stannis: "Nothing."

[@lordpickle8424]

0:05, dudes just picking his nose at the back, lol.

[@bonanzatime]

That bricklayer is absolutely right. The buildings nowadays have a lot more in and out tight areas and shorter spans of architectural features then the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and in the 80s is when masonry buildings started getting more fancy with the architecture. Also that robot representative doesn't know what he's talking about. Number 1, even though the robot doesn't cut and strike the mortar joints it looks very slow cumbersome and I don't believe it is laying 3000 bricks in 8 hours, I think that's a flat out lie. Also, the set up of that thing and the maintenance, clean up, disassembly, transfer, and moving that thing around has to be taken into consideration. And he's also trying to push a popular political misconception that nobody wants those kind of jobs; that's Bullshit. Maybe true for lazy shits like him.

[@signumxmagnum]

Let's calculate.. If a human able to put 1000 bricks a day, then if we count 8 hours a day work that means about 28 seconds per brick, in a robot cases it was 3000 bricks a day, if we count 24 hours a day work that means about 86 seconds per brick, I would say it's possible.. for setting up, you probably only need a few hours and not everyday you need to set it up, for cleaning probably already has it's on mechanism or simple cleaning will do, for disassembly why would you need to assembly and disassembly can't you just pick it up and transfer it like that?

[@wndw2000]

You're living in a fantasy world if you think people are falling over themselves to get these jobs. I've heard countless reports of construction and agriculture business owners trying to hire American to no avail because of people not wanting to do the job even for higher wages. When the immigrants get sent away or barred from working, businesses that rely on their labor collapse.

[@bonsummers2657]

He, like most people, want work that is more dynamically variably challenging, and higher paying. But anyway, I'm taking a masonry course right now. I'm a landscape contractor, but hadn't yet developed my masonry skills much, though I've done some,… but I want to further develop my masonry and patio making skills, to get more work with my clients, rather than leaving it to other contractors/subcontractors.

[@1konNOS1]

Am a builder from Cyprus and i can easily build 3000 bricks per day. I also cost 100 euros per day, Sam probably cost much much more!

[@patrickmiller1674]

You lay 3000 bricks in a day

[@Dannykelly2012]

300 bricks an hour or 5 a minute over 10 hours

[@connordoherty7957]

3000 easy, no chance

[@tjti2631]

Hillary Clintub maintenance

[@stukaracing]

That seems remarkably slow for a robot

[@20DollarGoldPiece]

Jared Hampton it's a prototype

[@diveinnjim]

this vid is 6 years old now, is sam still working now? is sam mk II or III here yet?

[@Boundforever90]

Human hands can't be replaced by machines.

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

they can lreacy have

[@timengland2475]

Andrew-D's Tv , but human backs can.

[@toomuchtruth]

Check back this comment in 20 years. It's a matter of time

[@christopherbueno1580]

They already have look up robotic hands

[@donaldderp1602]

Check back in 0 years.

[@mrphil9083]

If one mason = 1,000 bricks/day, 3 workers = 3,000 bricks- BUT robot builds 3,000 with 2 workers so it’s not 3x efficient, only 1.5x efficiency-

[@mrphil9083]

ALSO money stays with contractor not people, one less family that job fed, contractor bought himself a boat, one mason on unemployment

[@gregoryeverson741]

also people have to daily clean that thing and set it up, make sure it runs correctly, i know machines break down all the time

[@bonsummers2657]

2 finishers, one feeder workers,…. so that's three workers on the machine.

[@ansonsimon9192]

*BUILDING WALLS ACROSS AMERICA*