The robotic bricklayer known as Hadrian X has reached yet another milestone.

Its inventor Fastbrick Robotics (FBR) reports the mighty construction bot has achieved a production rate of more than 200 blocks an hour – a 300% increase in speed in just over a year.

This rate can be maintained throughout a full house build, allowing Hadrian X to compete with manual bricklaying, the company says.

“We’ve achieved so many amazing technical milestones over the past two years, but this is the first time that we have been able to prove the real commercial case of the Hadrian X in practice,” says Mike Pivac, FBR’s chief executive.

“When you consider that manual brick and block laying costs globally vary anywhere from $10 per square metre to $100, we are already cost competitive across a broad range of the market at 200 blocks per hour.”

Mr Pivac says FBR is continuing to increase the lay speed and improve Hadrian X’s performance.

“Accordingly, our cost of laying will continue to decrease while the market for the machines will grow significantly.”

Hadrian X, the world's first fully automated end to end robotic bricklayer 

Perth-based robotics company FBR has won a string of innovation awards since the robot was launched in 2015, including a gold Edison Award for robotics excellence.