Robotic technology company Fastbrick Robotics has appointed Richard Grellman as its new non-executive chairman, following the retirement from the Board of Shannon Robinson.

Mr Grellman is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of IPH, Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Bisalloy Steel Group and a Director of the National Health and Medical Research Council Institute for Dementia Research.

He also serves as the Tribunal of The NSW Statutory and Other Officers Remuneration Tribunal (SOORT), appointed by the Governor of NSW.

Mr Grellman previously worked with accounting firm KPMG for 32 years and was a member of KPMG’s National Board from 1995 to 1997 and a member of the National Executive Committee from 1997 to 2000.

Perth-based Fastbrick Robotics designs, develops and builds dynamically stabilised robots primarily for the construction industry.

Earlier this year, FBR signed a deal to pilot test its construction robot, Hadrian X, to build houses in Mexico in partnerships with Mexican construction company, GP Vivienda.

Hadrian X is a construction robot mounted into a classic cab over engine truck to easily transport it to and from a location for on-site building.

It can also be mounted onto other bases such as tracks, barges, boats and cranes to operate in a broad range of environments.