BRICKS: Building Robotic Intelligence and Modular Construction Kit Systembroad
BRICKS · Horizon Europe grant · 2026-11-01–2030-04-30
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About the data
Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01 · scheme HORIZON-EIC · topic HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-03. CORDIS record →
Objective
The construction sector faces urgent challenges, including labour shortages, low productivity, high accident costs, and sustainability pressures. BRICKS addresses these through a novel approach to faster, safer, and more efficient construction based on advanced robotic systems, digitally enabled building components, data-driven planning, intelligent control, and coordinated multi-agent operation. The BRICKS methodology brings together complementary innovations in construction system design, robotic assembly, digital workflow integration, adaptive autonomy, and human-robot collaboration. It will enable reliable handling and assembly of modular building elements, flexible robotic operation across different construction conditions, and continuous alignment between design intent and on-site execution. The approach also supports robust perception, adaptive decision-making, and coordinated task execution in complex and changing environments, while ensuring safe interaction with human workers. Together, these advances will establish a scalable and flexible construction ecosystem targeting high-risk, high-reward innovation. BRICKS’s disruptive approach redefines on-site building design and assembly to ensure interoperability, adaptability, safety, and efficiency. The integrated ecosystem will be validated at TRL4 through compatible pilots, showcasing autonomous multi-robot-human assembly using a construction kit specifically conceived for robotic deployment.
Beneficiaries (5)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA | IT | coordinator | €1,265,600 | |
| RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAT BONN | DE | participant | €900,000 | |
| LIBERA UNIVERSITA DI BOLZANO | IT | participant | €685,125 | |
| Robosintesi Srl | IT | participant | €568,823 | |
| GABLOK | BE | participant | €429,375 |
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