Equipment · power and reach
Move the heavy parts.
Integrate suitable cranes, excavators and handling equipment with sensing, positioning and task instructions. Develop purpose-built handling tools where the assembly needs them.
Our work · From design to assembly
Built. Now prove it on the ground.
The system is built: design, engineering, documentation and the assembly plan run end to end with Bob. The next milestone takes the assembly onto the ground in a physical demonstrator.
Planned physical demonstrator
The first structure. The next step towards a home.
Our first home-assembly demonstrator is planned for a robotics precinct: a test environment for robotics and autonomous equipment.
Start with the structure and shell. Rehearse the lifts, assemble the components, inspect the connections and measure the work. Repeat until the process is reliable enough to advance.
Initial trials retain human supervision, confirmation of machine movements and human fastening. Plumbing, electrical work, finishes and the approvals for an occupied home are later parts of the full delivery programme.
Planning and development stage. Site arrangements, equipment selection and engineering readiness remain to be confirmed. No completion date or fully autonomous build is claimed.
What the demonstrator must prove
- Fit
- Parts fit. Connections can be inspected.
- Handling
- Machines can reach, handle and place each part.
- Record
- Every intervention and full cycle cost is recorded.
The milestone is a measured physical process, followed by a better second attempt.
Bob: design, engineering and documents
One house. Everything it takes to build it.
Bob turns a plan into a house thought through: the steel frame, the walls, the roof, the services, every check and every price, in 3D.
From the same house it draws the plans, sections, elevations and details, the planning set, the quote pack, the factory’s shop files and the lift plan. Change anything and all of it follows.
Project-specific engineering sign-off and approvals are still required before construction.
One building model, connected outputs
- Drawings
- Plans and drawings
- Quantities
- Quantities and schedules
- 3D
- 3D and walkthroughs
- Parts
- Parts and fabrication
Output coverage depends on the model, system and agreed scope.
Construction robotics programme
Heavy lifting. Precise work. One plan.
Our thesis combines the power and reach of large construction machines with the dexterity of smaller robots and, as capability develops, humanoids.
Robots · dexterity
Make the connection.
Develop precise alignment, fastening and inspection tasks. Humanoids are a research direction; human crews perform the connection work in the first physical trials.
Software · coordination
Keep the crew in step.
Turn the building model into a checked assembly sequence. Track each part, machine and completed connection, with human approval and independent safety controls.
The interaction we are developing
“Bring this beam here. Hold it while I connect it.”
The instruction needs more than language: a known part, a verified destination, sufficient reach, a clear path and an inspected connection before release.
One assembly cycle
- Plan
- Identify the part and check the movement
- Position
- Lift, align and hold under supervision
- Connect
- Fasten, inspect and confirm stability
- Learn
- Record the result and improve the next cycle
Our current work includes component models and simulated assembly sequences. Integrated field autonomy and robotic fastening remain to be demonstrated.
Learning from the physical work
Every movement can teach us something.
Cameras and machine sensors can connect what was planned with what actually happened: movement, placement, interruptions and rework.
We are exploring data collection on construction equipment to improve our own systems, and whether appropriately permissioned data could be useful to other robotics developers. This is early research, with data rights, quality and commercial demand still to establish.
Property research
What could 80,000 homes look like?
A research portfolio maps 48 actual properties and preliminary layouts for 80,528 lots.
Inspect cadastral boundaries, historical terrain, roads, lot layouts and civil layers. The exercise makes the scale visible and exposes the investigations and infrastructure needed to turn an ambition into a project.
Research snapshot: 14 October 2026. Provisional lots, not approved housing supply. Land control, current survey, approvals, engineering and commercial feasibility are still open. The 80,000-home ambition is not a verified estimate of today’s housing shortfall.
Research portfolio
- actual property studies
- 48
- provisional lots
- 80,528
- evidence and design layers per property
- 43
Each study runs from land and terrain to lot layout, civil layers and the issues still to settle.
Next step
A practical contribution. A shared ambition.
We welcome people who can help prove the building system, supply a capability or bring a suitable project.