Can a construction project be built by robots? It might seem a prospect for the future or something out of a science$-$fiction script, but it is not.

The majority of houses built today and constructed out of brick use a brick veneer approach. Laying bricks is a laborious and skilled trade, when done properly. In future, it may be done by robots. An Australian robot is set to take on bricklayers the world over, after building a three$-$bed, two$-$bathroom, $180-$square$-$metre home in less than three days. Built by ASX$-$listed Perth company Fastbrick Robotics $($FBR$),$ the Hadrian $*$ machine recently successfully completed a series of tests, proving it was capable of complying with various building requirements. Once these tests were completed, the robot was free to build its first full$-$home structure, which it completed within the allocated three$-$day time period.

In $2017$ the company behind the development of Hadrian X signed a non$-$binding memorandum with Saudi Arabia potentially to use the Hadrian X$\text{'}$s to build $50,000$ houses in the Kingdom by $2022.$ About $100$ robots are reported to be needed to do this.

A number of recent high$-$profile studies of robotics and artificial intelligence $($or Al$)$ in economics and sociology have predicted that many jobs will soon disappear due to automation, with few new ones replacing them. While techno$-$optimists and techno$-$pessimists contest whether a jobless future is a positive development or not, a $2019$