Auburn University is first in Alabama to use masonry robot | CBS

AUBURN, Ala (WRBL) – The construction of Auburn University’s Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center is getting help from robotics.

The SAM100 from Construction Robotics is being used to lay bricks on the new building. Sam, as the workers call ‘him’, can lay 3,000 bricks per day. Mason’s work alongside Sam to load bricks and mortar.

SAM, or Semi-Automated Mason, is operated through an iPad.