Electrical and MEP Installation Robots
Robots that assist with electrical, mechanical and plumbing installation.
20 robots · 21 companies · from the Future of Built file
By trade
- Demolition · 4
- Logistics · 4
- Drilling · 3
- Earthmoving · 2
- Layout · 2
- Aerial · 1
- Finishing · 1
- Inspection · 1
- Exos · 1
- Welding · 1
Robots
Husqvarna
HP SitePrint
Mechasys
Flo Mobility
nLink
LightYX
Shantui
falch
Masterscreed
Elgo-Plus
Companies
- HP SitePrint · Palo Alto, United States · founded 2022
HP’s imaging precision applied to slab layout. Prints MEP and architectural markings directly onto concrete.
- nLink · Oslo, Norway · founded 2016
Autonomous ceiling drilling. The robot marks and drills thousands of holes from BIM so electricians stop looking up all day.
- Volvo CE · Gothenburg, Sweden · founded 1832
Autonomous and electric haulers and excavators. Autonomy as an earnings line, not an innovation booth.
- Mechasys · Montreal, Canada · founded 2018
Robotic layout and installation for MEP - hangers, sleeves, and overhead components placed from coordinated BIM.
- Husqvarna · Huskvarna, Sweden · founded 1689
DXR remote demolition robots. Compact, electric, operator at a safe distance - the other steel collar in the teardown bay.
- Flo Mobility · Bengaluru, India · founded 2021
Electric autonomous material movers for Indian construction sites. Last-mile site logistics without a diesel mule.
- Xpanner · Santa Fe Springs, United States · founded 2019
Korean-founded, California-based autonomous excavation. Terrain modeling and machine control for civil cuts.
- LightYX · Tel Aviv, Israel · founded 2018
BeamerOne projects the drawing onto floors, walls, and ceilings. Drywall and MEP layout without a printer or a chalk line.
- Lincoln Electric · Cleveland, United States · founded 1895
The weld OEM that now ships robotic cells into fab shops feeding construction steel.
- Ekso Bionics · San Rafael, United States · founded 2005
Ekso EVO upper-body exo for overhead work. Arms stay up. Shoulders last the shift.
- Bobcat · West Fargo, United States · founded 1958
Compact loaders with machine control and remote options. The machine that still fits through a gate.
- Shantui · Jining, China · founded 1980
Shandong Heavy Industry’s dozer shop. The DE26-X3 is an AI electric unmanned bulldozer already on an open-pit dump - the cab is a control room.
- JOUAV · Chengdu, China · founded 2010
VTOL mapping UAVs. The CW-15 covers kilometers of highway and pipeline that a quadcopter battery will not.
- Swap Robotics · Kitchener, Canada · founded 2018
Electric autonomous robots that lay solar modules - staging and vegetation siblings in the same yard. Kitchener–Waterloo. Product pages live through 2025–26.
- 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.
- 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.
- Masterscreed · Ashford, United Kingdom · founded 2018
MS-430e is an electric automated robotic concrete screed. Ashford, Kent. UK Concrete Show presence - product page live.
- 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.
- 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.
- Trinabot · Changzhou, China · founded 2018
Buildex tracked PV install robots with onboard forklift and place arm - up to ~60 modules/hour on fixed-tilt and tracker layouts. Changzhou, Trina Solar lab pedigree. MEA/EU/AU expansion.
- JettyRobot · Prague, Czechia · founded 2010
JettyRobot 6 crawls pipes and ducts 350–1,350 mm for inspection, dry-ice/air blast, brush clean, vacuum, and coating - Prague. Rental and sale for industrial, energy, and building MEP pipe work where a person does not fit.
Frequently asked questions
- What MEP work can robots do?
- Drilling anchors for hangers, marking sleeves and penetrations, and lifting runs into place.
- Which companies are on the electrical and mep installation robots list?
- Future of Built lists 21 companies here, including HP SitePrint, nLink, Volvo CE, Mechasys, Husqvarna, Flo Mobility, Xpanner and LightYX.
- Where are these companies headquartered?
- By headquarters: United States (6), China (4), Canada (2), Sweden (2), Czechia (1).
- How many of these robots are deployed?
- Of the 20 robots on this page, 16 deployed, 3 pilot, 1 production, per the Future of Built file.