As robots get smarter, cheaper and more versatile, they're taking on a growing number of challenges – and bricklaying can now be added to the list. Engineers in Perth, Australia, have created a fully ...

Paul Garbarini can immediately spot people who have been on one of his downtown Charleston tours. "They are the ones standing in front of a brick wall staring at it," he said with a chuckle. Garbarini ...

If I couldn't be standing at the ocean's edge feeling the sand wash out from under my feet, playing in the sand laying brick pavers wasn't so bad. Well, actually, it was kind of brutal in the heat of ...

A robot that lays bricks is now out of beta testing and at work alongside masons and laborers at a school-building jobsite in Ft. Collins, Colo. The Semi-Autonomous Mason, more commonly known as SAM, ...

The following is an excerpt from Jonathan Waldman’s new book, “SAM: One Robot, a Dozen Engineers, and the Race to Revolutionize the Way We Build” about one man’s attempt to do the nearly impossible.

Australia’s Fastbrick Robotics wants to shake up the world of Bob the Builder with a new bricklaying machine that can build a house four times faster than its human counterpart. Don’t believe it?

Question: I noticed a friend’s brick walkway and how nice it makes her landscaping look. Is this a long, expensive project to have a contractor install, or do you think I could handle it with minimal ...

SPARTA, N.J. (CBSNewYork)-- For generations, craftsmen have claimed to be the best of the best. But did you know there's now a Super Bowl of masonry to prove it? It's called the Bricklaying ...

I don’t know much about dominos, and I surely don’t know anything about bricks, but this domino brick setup is simply mesmerizing. Some clever bricklayers in Australia found a clever way to finish up ...