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The Robot Report · September 12, 2026

One brick at a time: How Monumental uses robotics to build walls

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THE AI ANGLE
Enabling scalable automation at the intersection of robotics and the built environment

On The Robot Report Podcast, Monumental founder and CEO Salar al Khafaji discussed deploying robotics to build walls using a 'Walls as a Service' model. The initiative aims to introduce scalable automation into construction, highlighted as one of the world's largest yet least digitized industries, through software-defined and hardware-enabled solutions. For instructors in robotics and the built environment, this highlights an emerging commercial and technological pathway for deploying automated physical systems to job sites.

THE TEACHING ANGLE
Students can evaluate the viability and structural implications of adopting software-defined robotics and a 'Walls as a Service' framework within historically low-digitization construction workflows.

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