{"id":"9bb0db66-5273-4a1d-8c6e-c7a1222f1e0f","companyId":"9e6eb87e-a2d3-4fe3-be2a-3db8acc73e09","modelName":"SAM100","slug":"construction-robotics-sam100","description":"Construction Robotics (Victor, New York) is best known for the SAM100 (Semi-Automated Mason), a bricklaying robot designed to work alongside a human mason, and for the MULE (Material Unit Lift Enhancer), a material-lift-assist device. The SAM100 reached commercial deployment with masonry contractors at its peak. The registry records it at commercial maturity to reflect that historical peak, but with a discontinued lifecycle state: the SAM100 line appears wound down, with the company's homepage now leading with the MULE lift-assist product and the dedicated SAM page no longer prominently maintained, indicating a pivot to the MULE line (the active/retired split pattern). Throughput claims such as roughly 3,000 bricks per day are vendor and press stated, and there is no reliable current count of active SAM100 units, so the bricklaying line is best treated as historical.","formFactor":"construction","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"discontinued","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified","value":"Construction Robotics (Victor, New York) built the SAM100 (Semi-Automated Mason), a bricklaying robot that works alongside a human mason, and the MULE (Material Unit Lift Enhancer) lift-assist device. SAM100 reached commercial deployment with masonry contractors at its peak."},{"label":"Lifecycle = discontinued (SAM100)","value":"SAM100 appears wound down: the company homepage now leads with the MULE material-lift product, and the dedicated SAM page is no longer prominently maintained. The registry records the SAM100 at its commercial historical peak (maturityStage=commercial) but lifecycleState=discontinued, with the company pivoting to the MULE lift-assist line (active/retired split pattern)."},{"label":"Cap-flag","value":"Throughput claims (~3,000 bricks/day) are vendor/press-stated. No reliable current (2025) count of active SAM100 units; treat the bricklaying line as historical."}],"products":"SAM100 (Semi-Automated Mason) bricklaying robot [wound down]; MULE (Material Unit Lift Enhancer) lift-assist [current product]","formFactor":"construction (SAM100: semi-automated masonry/bricklaying robot, mason-paired; MULE: material-lift assist)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.construction-robotics.com/","title":"Construction Robotics (homepage; current focus is MULE material-lift assist)","sourceName":"Construction Robotics (official)"},{"url":"https://www.construction-robotics.com/mule/","title":"Construction Robotics MULE (Material Unit Lift Enhancer)","sourceName":"Construction Robotics (official)"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/sam100-bricklaying-robot-construction-robotics/","title":"SAM100 (Semi-Automated Mason) bricklaying robot","sourceName":"The Robot Report"},{"url":"https://spectrum.ieee.org/sam-the-bricklaying-robot","title":"SAM bricklaying robot (mason-paired; ~3,000 bricks/day claimed)","sourceName":"IEEE Spectrum"},{"url":"https://www.constructiondive.com/news/sam100-bricklaying-robot-construction-robotics/","title":"SAM100 deployment context (masonry contractors)","sourceName":"Construction Dive"}],"aliases":["SAM100","Semi-Automated Mason","SAM"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T17:39:35.401Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T17:39:35.401Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/construction-robotics-sam100","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/construction-robotics-sam100","name":"SAM100","alternateName":["SAM100","Semi-Automated Mason","SAM"],"description":"Construction Robotics (Victor, New York) is best known for the SAM100 (Semi-Automated Mason), a bricklaying robot designed to work alongside a human mason, and for the MULE (Material Unit Lift Enhancer), a material-lift-assist device. The SAM100 reached commercial deployment with masonry contractors at its peak. The registry records it at commercial maturity to reflect that historical peak, but with a discontinued lifecycle state: the SAM100 line appears wound down, with the company's homepage now leading with the MULE lift-assist product and the dedicated SAM page no longer prominently maintained, indicating a pivot to the MULE line (the active/retired split pattern). Throughput claims such as roughly 3,000 bricks per day are vendor and press stated, and there is no reliable current count of active SAM100 units, so the bricklaying line is best treated as historical.","identifier":"9bb0db66-5273-4a1d-8c6e-c7a1222f1e0f","category":"construction","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}