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Maker's videoFBR · 23 Oct 2026

The World Is Tens of Thousands of Welders Short 🔧

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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

Welding is skilled work, but it isn’t attracting enough new people. The result is a shortfall of tens of thousands of welders, in Australia and even more so in the USA and Asia. Mantis™ can weld parts of really big structures that previously couldn’t be welded with welding robots. Enquire or book a demo: https://www.fbr.com.au/view/mantis Watch the full update: https://youtu.be/b7Nne8aQEK8 #Welding #Automation #Shorts (C) Copyright 2026 FBR Limited

Written by FBR on YouTube.