Robotic Wall Framing and Panel Factories
Robotic systems that frame and sheathe wall panels and trusses off site.
12 robots · 19 companies · from the Future of Built file
By trade
- Prefab · 6
- Logistics · 5
- 3D Printing · 1
Robots
Terminailer
Randek
Weinmann
Gropyus
ZoeRobot Technology
Companies
- BotBuilt · Durham, United States · founded 2020
Robotic timber factories that tolerate real lumber - knots, warp, and all - then ship framed walls to site.
- Randek · Falkenberg, Sweden · founded 1940
ZeroLabor robotic lines for wall panels, floor cassettes, and roof trusses. Prefab automation with eight decades of timber DNA.
- Stud Automation · Pune, India · founded 2020
Robotic welding cells for construction steelwork. Indian fabrication yards automating the cage and the frame.
- Terminailer · Greenfield, United States · founded 2014
Wall-panel subcomponent assembler from Construction Industry Innovations. One operator, six coil guns, no software stack - filmed here because it is a steel collar.
- Sawtooth Robotics · Nampa, United States · founded 2018
Custom automation for the component plant. Their PrePlater puts nail plates on truss members and walks them to the jig - running at The Truss Company in Centralia.
- Weinmann · St. Johann, Germany · founded 1980
HOMAG’s timber-frame lines. Wall, floor, and roof cassettes with robotic nailing, routing, and handling - the German plant most panel yards already know.
- Hundegger · Hawangen, Germany · founded 1970
CNC timber machines that cut, drill, and mill the member before it hits the jig. The German plant most truss yards already envy.
- Gropyus · Vienna, Austria · founded 2020
Robotic housing factories. Vienna-designed, German-built panels that assemble on site.
- MiTek · Chesterfield, United States · founded 1955
Cyber and Alpine component equipment. The plates, saws, and software most US truss plants already run.
- Azure Printed Homes · Riverside, United States · founded 2021
Recycled-plastic printed ADUs. California accessory units from a printer, not a framing crew.
- Progress Group · Brixen, Italy · founded 1961
Precast automation - carousel plants, mesh welders, the Italian line that pours the panel.
- Luminous Robotics · Boston, United States · founded 2023
LUMI S4 lays solar modules on the rack. Boston-built, already on Australian farms for Bouygues and ENGIE - the pick-and-place a crew used to do on their knees in the heat.
- ULC Technologies · Hauppauge, United States · founded 2001
Panel Setting Robot and carrier siblings set PV modules with Rosendin on utility-scale yards. Hauppauge, New York. Field trials, not a lab clip.
- Vertis 3D · Dallas, United States · founded 2020
Gantry printer that lays monolithic reinforced concrete frames on site as Construction-as-a-Service. US multi-state permit claims. Early commercial CaaS, not a lab print.
- Doka · Amstetten, Austria · founded 1958
DokaXbot Lift remotely handles DokaXdek slab formwork panels so the crew is not muscling every deck panel. Amstetten. Bauma 2025 smart-construction press.
- ZoeRobot Technology · Dongguan, China · founded 2022
Campa-600 installs AAC/ALC wall panels remotely up to about 600 kg and 6 m. Dongguan / Shenzhen. LTA Singapore CR101 claims - Hong Kong Centre for Construction Robotics lineage.
- Relu Robotics · Beijing, China · founded 2021
Tracked PV install robots that grip, place, and fasten modules on utility-scale farms. Zhongguancun, Beijing. Claims 60–100 panels an hour across deserts and plateaus.
- Plika · Gwacheon, South Korea · founded 2022
CAD/DXF floor-layout printer with laser tracking for grid and line marking on the slab. Gwacheon. RoboWorld 2024 debut - centimeter accuracy, compact frame.
- 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.
Frequently asked questions
- What is robotic framing?
- Robots cut, place and fasten studs and sheathing to produce wall panels or trusses in a factory.
- Which companies are on the robotic wall framing and panel factories list?
- Future of Built lists 19 companies here, including BotBuilt, Randek, Stud Automation, Terminailer, Sawtooth Robotics, Weinmann, Hundegger and Gropyus.
- Where are these companies headquartered?
- By headquarters: United States (8), China (3), Austria (2), Germany (2), India (1).
- How many of these robots are deployed?
- Of the 12 robots on this page, 6 deployed, 5 pilot, 1 production, per the Future of Built file.