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Watch a lightning-fast robot build a house in just two days

Your next house might be done sooner than you think, thanks to a brick-laying robot that can put down 1,000 bricks per hour and glue them into place.

Alison Vayne Staff writer
Alison is an intern for the summer at CNET News. She is currently attending UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, where she is focusing on video journalism. She comes from Paris, France, but has been in the U.S. for some time now. She has written about video games and coding programs for kids and San Quentin State Prison inmates. She is based in San Francisco.
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If the three little pigs had this machine to build their house, the big bad wolf would probably still be starving.

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Australian company Fastbrick Robotics released a time-lapse video of its commercial brick-laying robotic arm building the shell for a house in a staggering two days -- without ever needing to stop for coffee breaks -- and it's something to behold.

The Hadrian X is a 30-meter (98-foot) 3D robotic crane located atop a truck. The machine works fast, really fast, cutting, routing and placing bricks following a 3D computer-aided design model. The navigation system is so precise it allows for accuracy within less than half a millimeter, according to the company.

The robot can work with bricks of almost any size, without needing human interaction. Fastbrick Robotics aims to reduce construction time, waste and cost for consumers. You might want to start thinking about the mansion of your dreams.