Robots That Improve Construction Safety
Robots that take people out of hazardous tasks such as demolition, work at height and heavy lifting.
26 robots · 29 companies · from the Future of Built file
By trade
- Demolition · 18
- Exos · 5
- Inspection · 3
Robots
Boston Dynamics
Brokk
German Bionic
Anhui Hitech Intelligent Equipment
IMB Robotics
Remoquip
Euro Implementos
Elgo-Plus
Inteco Robotics
Companies
- Brokk · Skellefteå, Sweden · founded 1976
Remote-controlled demolition robots for interiors, nuclear, and high-risk teardown. The original steel collar on a compact chassis.
- Boston Dynamics · Waltham, United States · founded 1992
Spot is now a regular on jobsites - scanning, safety walks, and as-built capture on terrain wheels cannot handle.
- Conjet · Österhaninge, Sweden · founded 1989
Hydrodemolition robots. High-pressure water instead of jackhammers - removing bad concrete without wrecking the steel.
- Husqvarna · Huskvarna, Sweden · founded 1689
DXR remote demolition robots. Compact, electric, operator at a safe distance - the other steel collar in the teardown bay.
- German Bionic · Augsburg, Germany · founded 2016
Cray X powered exoskeleton. The lift, the carry, the back that used to go out on Thursday.
- Ekso Bionics · San Rafael, United States · founded 2005
Ekso EVO upper-body exo for overhead work. Arms stay up. Shoulders last the shift.
- HeroWear · Nashville, United States · founded 2019
Apex exosuit. Soft, wearable, for the lift-and-carry that still wrecks lumber yards and mechanical rooms.
- Aquajet · Halmstad, Sweden · founded 1988
Hydrodemolition robots. Aqua Cutter - high-pressure water on bridges and decks, jackhammers stay in the truck.
- Ottobock · Duderstadt, Germany · founded 1919
Paexo shoulder and back exos. German orthotics DNA on the overhead trade.
- Verve Motion · Cambridge, United States · founded 2020
SafeLift powered exo for the lift. Warehouse and construction carry without the strain claim.
- Sarcos · Salt Lake City, United States · founded 1983
Guardian XO and DX. Full-body industrial exo and dexterous remote arms for the job that should not have a person in it.
- Sitegeist · Munich, Germany · founded 2025
Modular AI robots for concrete renovation and selective removal on live structures - hydrodem and abrasive without a pre-built 3D model. Munich. €4M pre-seed Feb 2026.
- PaintUP · Lyon, France · founded 2018
Laser-guided telescopic carrier that cleans, strips, paints, and drills facades. France. Active service ops with OPPBTP safety work behind it.
- Hardhat Robotics · Santa Clara, United States · founded 2019
SparkE-B remotely energizes large breakers so electricians stay out of the arc-flash zone. Santa Clara. DPR deployments, Automate show, ECM coverage.
- Anhui Hitech Intelligent Equipment · Chuzhou, China · founded 2010
HCR70D, HCR120D, and HCR200D are remote-controlled demolition robots. Chuzhou, Anhui. Active OEM catalog with patents claimed.
- TopTec Spezialmaschinen · Munich, Germany · founded 1998
TopTec 1500 E through 7500 E/D remote demolition robots. Munich. Full range live on the product site.
- Hammelmann · Oelde, Germany · founded 1949
JETMASTER is a radio-controlled UHP hydrodemolition and surface-prep robot. Oelde. German bridge rehab cases on the books.
- falch · Blaubeuren, Germany · founded 1986
surface rob 250 e is a fully automatic electric UHP hydrodemolition and jetting robot. Blaubeuren-Seissen. Spec sheet and project reports live.
- IMB Robotics · Istanbul, Turkey · founded 2015
RoboJET is a magnetic UHP hydroblasting crawler for steel and concrete. Istanbul. VacuumJET sibling in the catalog.
- Remoquip · Ballinasloe, Ireland · founded 2010
DR Series remote demolition robots from about 2 to 50 tonnes - OEM and rental. Ballinasloe. Product and rental pages live.
- Euro Implementos · Suria, Spain · founded 2005
RDC 22 and siblings are remote demolition robots designed and built in Spain. Suria / Sant Cugat. OEM manuals carry the Euro Implementos name.
- TML Technik · Monheim am Rhein, Germany · founded 1985
UNIDACHS 2 and 3 series articulated and telescopic remote demolition robots. Monheim am Rhein. Active product pages.
- Elgo-Plus · Brzesc Kujawski, Poland · founded 2012
Springer Eco is a battery-electric remote mini-excavator / demolition robot - about 1.1 t, 80 cm wide. Brzesc Kujawski. EU dealer listings live.
- Inteco Robotics · Zagreb, Croatia · founded 2004
R Jet series runs autonomous high-pressure water on concrete and steel - hydrodem and surface prep without a jackhammer crew on the wall. Zagreb. Special-construction pedigree claimed across two decades.
- Giant Equipment · Hefei, China · founded 2000
GTC multifunction remote demolition robots - tracked breakers and shears for confined and hazardous tear-out. Hefei / Jingtian Intelligent. Export demolition fleet.
- NLB · Wixom, United States · founded 1971
Self-Guided SpinJet is a tracked UHP water-jetting robot for coating and pavement-marking removal with line-sensing guidance. Wixom, Michigan. Interpump Group.
- Yuchai · Yulin, China · founded 1951
D170 is an electric remote-controlled demolition robot - tracked, outriggers, breaker attachment, about 780 mm narrow for interiors. Yulin. Yuchai Heavy Industry.
- TerraFirma · Buda, United States · founded 2023
SpaceX-alum retrofit autonomy for excavators, dozers, loaders, and rollers - Robot Ranch HQ in Buda. Live Texas earthwork, site prep, and demolition with remote/semi-autonomous crews.
- Inspired Flight · San Luis Obispo, United States · founded 2018
IF1200A is an NDAA-compliant heavy-lift hexacopter for industrial and public-safety payloads - San Luis Obispo. Universal payload rail for survey cameras, LiDAR, and jobsite sensors.
Frequently asked questions
- How do robots improve jobsite safety?
- By doing dangerous, repetitive or high-strain tasks so workers stay out of the hazard zone.
- Which companies are on the robots that improve construction safety list?
- Future of Built lists 29 companies here, including Brokk, Boston Dynamics, Conjet, Husqvarna, German Bionic, Ekso Bionics, HeroWear and Aquajet.
- Where are these companies headquartered?
- By headquarters: United States (9), Germany (7), Sweden (4), China (3), Croatia (1).
- How many of these robots are deployed?
- Of the 26 robots on this page, 24 deployed, 2 pilot, per the Future of Built file.