Episode 34
Could autonomous bricklayers be the secret to cheaper houses?
Monumental's Salar al Khafaji explains how autonomous robots could build faster, safer, and more beautiful homes.
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In this episode, we sit down with Salar al Khafaji, founder and CEO of Monumental, to explore how autonomous robots are moving beyond the lab and onto real construction sites.
We discuss robot bricklayers, construction’s labor shortage, the challenge of building in unpredictable environments, and whether coordinated robot fleets could one day build a house in just 24 hours.
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Meet the Host
Christopher McFadden
Host
Christopher graduated from Cardiff University in 2004 with a Master’s Degree in Geology. Since then, he has worked exclusively within the Built Environment, Occupational Health and Safety, and Environmental Consultancy industries.
He is a qualified and accredited Energy Consultant, Green Deal Assessor, and Practitioner member of IEMA. Chris’s main interests range from Science and engineering to military and ancient history, as well as politics and Philosophy.
Meet the Speakers
Salar al Khafaji
CEO and co-founder of Monumental
Salar al Khafaji is the CEO and co-founder of Monumental. A recognized leader at the intersection of AI, robotics, and the built environment, Salar is focused on bringing scalable automation to one of the world’s largest and least digitized industries by making it software-defined and hardware-enabled.
Previously, Salar co-founded the data visualization platform Silk, which was acquired by Palantir Technologies in 2016. At Palantir, he led several commercial R&D and product initiatives, helping develop software for complex enterprise applications. His background now informs Monumental’s software-defined approach to deploying robotics on active construction sites.
