The SAM100 is the bricklaying wound-down anchor of the construction cohort: a mason-paired bricklaying robot that reached commercial deployment, then was wound down as the company pivoted to its MULE lift-assist line, in the same spirit as the discontinued Amazon Scout, Cruise, and Zebra/Fetch records.
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It was a real product: the SAM100 worked alongside a human mason and reached commercial deployment with masonry contractors at its peak; Construction Robotics' current active product is the MULE material-lift-assist device.
Price
No reviewed price is on record. We do not treat unverified analyst estimates as pricing data. There is no consumer price, and the SAM100 bricklaying line is discontinued. It was B2B construction equipment, not sold to consumers, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
Availability
Discontinued
The SAM100 bricklaying line is discontinued. From Construction Robotics (Victor, New York), the company now leads with its MULE material-lift-assist product; the SAM100 reached commercial deployment with masonry contractors at its peak.
Real-world status
Construction Robotics (Victor, New York) is best known for the SAM100 (Semi-Automated Mason), a bricklaying robot designed to work alongside a human mason, and for the MULE (Material Unit Lift Enhancer), a material-lift-assist device. The SAM100 bricklaying line is discontinued: it reached commercial deployment with masonry contractors at its peak (recorded at commercial maturity historically), but it appears wound down, with the company's homepage now leading with the MULE lift-assist product and the dedicated SAM page no longer prominently maintained, indicating a pivot to the MULE line. Throughput claims such as roughly 3,000 bricks per day are vendor- and press-stated, and there is no reliable current count of active SAM100 units, so the bricklaying line is best treated as historical. With FBR's pilot-stage Hadrian X, the SAM100 forms the bricklaying-automation cautionary pair: two different approaches to brick-laying robotics, one wound down and one stalled at pilot.
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Verified-vs-claimed: the SAM100 bricklaying line is best treated as historical: the company homepage now leads with the MULE, and the dedicated SAM page is no longer prominently maintained. Throughput claims (~3,000 bricks/day) are vendor- and press-stated, and there is no reliable current count of active SAM100 units.
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There is no consumer price, and the SAM100 line is discontinued. It was B2B construction equipment, never sold to consumers, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
Bricklaying automation: SAM100 vs FBR vs (vs 3D-print) ICON
Construction Robotics SAM100
FBR Hadrian X
ICON Vulcan
Approach
Mason-paired arm (indoor)
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Truck-mounted boom (outdoor)
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Gantry 3D print
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State
Discontinued
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Pilot (stalled)
🟢verified
Commercial
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Current product
Pivoted to MULE
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Still Hadrian X
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Still Vulcan
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Pricing
No consumer price
⊘absence
No consumer price
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No consumer price
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Sources: DEPLOY registry, Construction Robotics, IEEE Spectrum
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I buy a SAM100?
No⊘absence. The SAM100 bricklaying line is discontinued; Construction Robotics has pivoted to its MULE lift-assist product. It was B2B construction equipment, never sold to consumers; there is no consumer price.
What happened to the SAM100?
The SAM100 bricklaying line appears wound down🟢verified: the company now leads with the MULE material-lift product and the dedicated SAM page is no longer prominently maintained, indicating a pivot to MULE.
How many bricks could the SAM100 lay?
Throughput claims of roughly 3,000 bricks per day are vendor- and press-stated🟡stated; there is no reliable current count of active SAM100 units, so the line is best treated as historical.
Pricing and availability are tagged verified or claimed against primary sources. Manufacturer targets are reported as targets, not prices you can pay today.