Investors are increasingly funding startups at the crossroads of construction and robotics, aiming to alleviate labor shortages and reduce building costs through automation. Dutch startup Monumental recently raised $25 million to develop robots for tasks like bricklaying. This trend is fueled by advancements in technology that lower costs and increase the feasibility of automating construction tasks. Startups offer services such as robotic bricklaying without selling the robots, allowing for rapid scalability if they remain competitive in price and quality against traditional methods.
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