1. Construction Robotics Market Trends
Technological breakthroughs will become the focus of development.
The global construction robotics market volume will be 2289 Units in 2025 with a CAGR of 9.04% from 2025 to 2030.
In the foreseeable future, the high integration of software and hardware will provide powerful digital twin technology for construction factories to realize flexible production with fewer people, unmanned, and intelligent. At the same time, rapid breakthroughs in the underlying technology of robots and computer vision will make robot motion control more accurate real-time, and easy to operate. Coupled with the attention of society, industry leaders, and many outstanding talents, construction robots will surely trigger a new round of development of intelligent construction.
The technical requirements of construction robot products are very high, and they need to integrate robotics, robot motion path planning, sensor technology, and construction process control based on building information models and multiple construction processes. Among them, the application of BIM will become more and more widespread. At present, Australia and the United Kingdom are in a leading position in the application of building information modeling (BIM), and the United States is gradually increasing the application of BIM, especially for large-scale commercial construction projects. Professional coordination reduces errors in the construction process. There will also be more BIM design and coordination service providers in the industry. Robot mobility, sensors, end effectors, work accuracy, and other issues are still the focus of attention of market participants, and the industry will be led by advanced technologies in the future.
Global Construction Robotics Market Volume (Units) in 2025
2. Construction Robotics Market Drivers
Advantages of Construction Robots
Construction robots are an effective solution for the construction industry. This is mainly due to the increased productivity and quality of robots. In addition, work done under adverse conditions has higher safety and security. For example, demolition activities may cause damage to workers while destroying structures, but demolition robots can be used instead of humans. This makes the worker’s operation safer.
The main advantage of using construction robots is to save time, improve accuracy and efficiency, and thus begin to produce more significant economic benefits. For example, Hadrian X is an automatic bricklaying machine that can calculate the necessary materials and movements to build a house’s walls without supervision. An Australian company developed it by integrating an intelligent control system. The robot can lay bricks with 100% accuracy at a speed of 1,000 blocks per hour. It can detect changes due to external factors such as wind and vibration, and create designs accordingly. Because robots provide these functions, some construction organizations are deploying construction robots. The advantages of construction robots over traditional labor have promoted the development of the industry.
3. Construction Robotics Market Challenges
The quantitative determination of the potential of construction robot solutions is considered a complex and diverse process, which further complicates the adoption of robots. A complete robot construction solution also requires an integrated infrastructure that works together so that the entire robot can operate according to the site layout. Although many companies provide automated robotic solutions, there are still big differences in the operating standards and interfaces required for the construction layout. Therefore, the different accuracy categories of different layouts must be accurately defined and considered in the project development process. Therefore, the unpredictable layout of construction sites poses a huge challenge to the large-scale deployment of construction robots.
4. Construction Robotics Market Segment
Among different product types, the Semi-Autonomous Robots segment contributes the largest share.
Fully Autonomous Robots: Fully Autonomous Robots an intelligent machines that can perform tasks in the world by themselves without explicit human control. Robots perform construction tasks with a high degree of autonomy (no external influence). Even robots can learn or acquire new knowledge, such as adjusting new ways to complete tasks or adapting to changing environments.
Semi-autonomous Robots: Semi-autonomous Robots are generally controlled by external commands from humans or external systems. At present, more construction robots are semi-automated, these construction robots are designed to execute a task with certain levels of planning interaction conducted with a human supervisor. The market volume of this type will be 1698 Units in 2025.
By application, the Public Infrastructure segment occupied the biggest share in 2025
Commercial Buildings: Commercial buildings are buildings used for commercial purposes. Types can include office buildings, warehouses, retail, etc. Commercial buildings are employed by companies. Whether it is a new commercial building construction, renovation, or demolition, robots can play an important role.
Residential Buildings: A residential building is a building in which sleeping accommodation is provided for normal residential purposes. Robots can increase speed and accuracy, improve safety, and reduce costs, and will be more efficient and build houses with higher standards.
Public Infrastructure: Public infrastructure refers to infrastructure facilities, systems, and structures that are developed, owned, and operated by the government. It includes all infrastructure facilities that are open to the general public for use. It includes Bridges, railways, public utilities, and other projects, the participation of construction robots will help improve the safety and efficiency of construction. The market volume of this application will be 1035 Units in 2025.
Market Volume by Segment in 2025
| Market Volume in 2025 | ||
| By Type | Fully Autonomous Robots | 591 Units |
| Semi-autonomous Robots | 1698 Units | |
| By Application | Commercial Buildings | 638 Units |
| Residential Buildings | 461 Units | |
| Public Infrastructure | 1035 Units |
5. Regional Market
Europe: Europe is the main market for construction robots, and the European market is segmented by several dimensions such as robot type, payload capacity, shaft type, degree of automation, function, vertical market, and product type. The main factors for the growth are the growth of applications in multiple industries, and the increased resistance of construction robots to load changes. The market volume is expected to reach 679 units by 2025.
North America: North America, especially the United States, has more construction robot startups with diverse product types and faster product commercialization processes. The growth of the North American market is mainly driven by the growth of applications in several industries, including aerospace, steel, power, chemicals, and others. The market volume is expected to reach 578 units by 2025.
China: China’s construction robot industry as a whole is in the early stage of development, the market size continues to expand, the application field continues to expand and the development trend of domestic substitution is accelerating, the next few years China’s construction robot industry average annual compound growth rate is expected to reach 15%. The competition pattern of China’s construction robot industry is mainly concentrated in Jiangsu, Guangdong, and other places, among which Prizhilin and Fangshi technology are more competitive. The market volume is expected to reach 631 units.
Global Construction Robotics Market Volume (Units) by Region in 2025
6. Market Competition
Construction Robotics sales companies are mainly from Europe and the industry concentrate rate is high. The top three companies are Brokk AB, Husqvarna, and Giant Hydraulic Tech with a revenue market share of 76.71% in 2024.
Brokk AB: Brokk AB manufactures mining machinery. The Company sells controlled demolition machines for construction, tunneling, mining, and nuclear industries. Brokk serves customers throughout Sweden. Brokk AB is one of the major players operating in the Construction Robotics market, holding a share of 38.89% in 2024.
Husqvarna: Husqvarna AB is a Sweden-based company engaged in the development, manufacture, and marketing of outdoor power products, consumer watering products, cutting equipment, and diamond tools for the construction and stone industries.
Giant Hydraulic Tech: The company has more than 100 sets of various types of precision machining equipment, and has strong precision processing, heat treatment, and testing capabilities. It is currently a backbone enterprise specializing in engineering robots and their key components in China.
TopTec Spezialmaschinen GmbH: TopTec Spezialmaschinen GmbH was established in 1988, hoping to provide higher quality products to the existing remote demolition machine market. Their machines are mainly used in the steel, cement, and nuclear industries.
Conjet AB: Conjet has more than 35 years of experience in the hydro demolition business. Their goal is to create the best products for every type of hydro demolition application, providing customers with the widest range of ACR™ hydro demolition equipment.
In March 2024, GITAI USA successfully demonstrated its robotic technology for the construction of a 5-meter-high communications tower in the lunar surface environment, marking a major milestone in the construction of lunar infrastructure.
Major Players
| Players | Manufacturing Base | Sales Region |
| Brokk AB | Mainly in Europe | Worldwide |
| Husqvarna | Mainly in Europe, the United States, and China | Worldwide |
| Giant Hydraulic Tech | Mainly in Asia | Mainly in Asia |
| TopTec Spezialmaschinen GmbH | Mainly in Europe | Worldwide |
| Conjet AB | Mainly in Europe | Mainly in Europe and North America |
| Construction Robotics | Mainly in North America | Mainly in North America |
| Alpine | Mainly in North America | Worldwide |
| Beijing Borui Intelligent Control Technology | Mainly in Asia | Mainly in Asia |