Maker's videoFBR · 26 Oct 2026
Mantis™ Welding Robot Signed Off by First Customer | Now Welding Out of Position
Against the record
Hadrian X, from FBR (formerly Fastbrick Robotics), is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Delivered and paid for, beyond pilots. The latest milestone on its record is from Oct 2026: FBR's website offers Hadrian for purchase by selected partners, at a base price of A$7.8 million. It lists a top speed of 360 blocks an hour.
This video comes from the maker's own channel, and makers show their robots at their best. The stage above comes from dated public records, not from the video.
From the video's description
Mantis™ has completed its Factory Acceptance Test, signed off by our first customer and a Mantis distributor for the US and Canada, Industrial Robotics LLC. FBR is now moving into a demonstration phase, showing Mantis™ to a number of customers who are visiting to see it weld specific test pieces or general samples. In this video, we take you onto the floor to see: - Mantis™ horizontal groove (2G) welds and 3F fillet welds. - Why out-of-position welding matters in production, when you can’t always turn the part over. - High quality results: a rippled weld appearance and good penetration. - Welding with ceramic backing to close up the root gap - Multi-pass welding on larger weld sizes. - A test piece representative of a small ship, patrol boat or barge bulkhead. - How workpieces are aligned to Mantis™ using locators, probing and seam tracking. - Industrial racking for demonstrating Mantis…
Written by FBR on YouTube.
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