A self-contained
truck-mounted
brick laying
machine (2) is described. A
truck (1) supports the
brick laying
machine (2) which is mounted on a frame (3) on the
truck chassis. The frame (3) supports packs or pallets of bricks (52, 53) placed on a platform (51). A transfer
robot can then pick up an individual
brick and move it to, or between either a saw (46) or a
router (47) or a carousel (48). The carousel is located coaxially with a
tower (10), at the base of the
tower (10). The carousel (48) transfers the brick via the
tower (10) to an articulated (folding about
horizontal axis (16)) telescoping boom comprising first boom element in the form of telescopic boom (12, 14) and second boom element in the form of telescopic stick (15, 17, 18, 19, 20). The bricks are moved along the folding telescoping boom by linearly moving shuttles, to reach a brick laying and
adhesive applying head (32). The brick laying and
adhesive applying head (32) mounts to element (20) of the stick, about an axis (33) which is disposed horizontally. The
poise of the brick laying and
adhesive applying head (32) about the axis (33) is adjusted and is set in use so that the base (811) of a clevis (813) of the
robotic arm (36) mounts about a
horizontal axis, and the tracker component (130) is disposed uppermost on the brick laying and 110,111 adhesive applying head (32). The brick laying and adhesive applying head (32) applies adhesive to the brick and has a
robot that lays the brick. Vision and
laser scanning and tracking systems are provided to allow the measurement of as-built slabs, bricks, the monitoring and adjustment of the process and the monitoring of safety zones. The first, or any course of bricks can have the bricks pre machined by the
router module (47) so that the top of the course is level once laid.