Section15 robots tracked
Construction and inspection
Robot dogs that inspect plants and pipelines, machines that lay bricks, print houses and mark out floors. Who uses them and what they have actually built.
13 of 15 have paying customers or regulator clearance. The rest are pilots, pre-orders or demos.
01How far each has got
From demo to everyday
Each robot sits on the same five-step ladder, worked out from dated, sourced milestones. A stage says how far it has got, not how good it is.
- 1Demo only
- 2Pre-orders
- None yet
- 3Pilot
- 4Paying customers
- 5Regulator-cleared or mass market
02Every robot
The full list
Furthest along first. Open any robot for its track record, the maker's promises and every source.
- Drones as first respondersSkydio, Flock Safety, Brinc, Axon · Police and fire dronesPolice and fire departments across the US; more than 1,000 public safety agencies held FAA waivers by February 2026, though not all have launched programs.
- Low-cost robot dogsUnitree and others · Small four-legged robotsSold online worldwide; Unitree alone sold more than 33,000 four-legged robots from 2023 to 2025.
- Skydio X10 and DockSkydio · Self-flying docked droneSold to US police and fire departments, utilities, every branch of the US military and the armed forces of 29 allied nations; Skydio says more than 4,000 US agencies and organisations use its systems.
- ANYmalANYbotics · Four-legged inspection robotWorking at industrial sites such as oil and gas plants and a Swiss cement plant; ANYbotics said more than 200 had been shipped by September 2025.
- FieldPrinterDusty Robotics · Construction layout printing robotUsed by construction firms on job sites in North America, the only region where it is offered.
- Gecko inspection robots (TOKA)Gecko Robotics · Wall-climbing inspection robotsUsed by the US Navy on warships, by power plants, and by oil and gas companies such as Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.
- Hadrian XFBR (formerly Fastbrick Robotics) · Bricklaying robot truckFBR sells the robot to selected partners, and builds walls for customers itself through its Wall as a Service business.
- JaibotHilti · Ceiling drilling robotOffered by Hilti to building-services contractors; Hilti says it has been used on many construction projects around the world.
- K5 and other security robotsKnightscope · Security patrol robotsUsed by paying clients across the US; the company says it serves 434 clients in 42 states.
- RPD 35 and ExosystemBuilt Robotics · Self-driving construction machinesUsed on US solar farm projects; solar builder Blattner agreed to use dozens of the robots.
- SpotBoston Dynamics · Four-legged inspection robotSold to businesses and some police agencies; Boston Dynamics says it works at hundreds of sites around the world, mostly factories and industrial plants.
- Vision 60Ghost Robotics · Military four-legged robotUsed at several US Air Force bases since late 2020; also sold to other governments.
- Vulcan and Titan 3D printersICON · Construction 3D printerICON says it has built more than 270 homes and other buildings in five US states and two countries, including Army barracks in Texas.
- Phantom MK-1Foundation Future Industries · Military and industrial humanoidTwo units were sent to Ukraine in February 2026 for front-line testing, the company told Time. Foundation plans to lease robots rather than sell them.
- Canvas drywall finishing robotCanvas · Drywall finishing robotUsed by drywall contractors on large buildings in the San Francisco area, such as a terminal at San Francisco airport, according to Canvas.
