Clark Construction Welcomes Brick-Laying Robot

Last month, Clark Construction’s project team at the Lab School of Washington, in Washington, D.C., welcomed its newest member – SAM, the world’s first commercially available brick-laying robot. Working alongside the project mason, Manning Construction, SAM placed approximately 12,000 bricks along the exterior of the school’s new expansion.

SAM, which stands for semi-automated mason, came to the site through a collaboration between Construction Robotics and Clark’s Research and Development Group. The robot excels at laying long, straight runs of brick, and The Lab School of Washington’s north and south elevations provided an ideal workspace.

SAM is designed to supplement conventional masonry and introduce modern technologies into the process. Working in tandem with human masons, SAM can lay 2-4 times the amount of brick as the traditional process.

Click here to view SAM in action (produced by The Washington Business Journal).