Robotics is Eating Construction (and the Money’s Insane)

Owen Drury
September 01, 2025

Robotics is eating construction, and the money is following.

In this week’s Bricks, Bucks & Bytes episode:

🤖 Bedrock Robotics emerges from stealth with $80M to retrofit autonomy into heavy machinery.

🚀 Field AI soars to a $2B valuation, backed by ex-NASA and Boston Dynamics engineers.

🦾 Dusty Robotics shows why printing blueprints on the ground isn’t a gimmick. It’s the start of field intelligence.

But that’s not all:

Tessa Lau (Dusty Robotics) reveals how layout, a 5,000-year-old process, became the wedge for automating the connected job site.
Kevin Peterson (Bedrock) explains why idle excavators are the biggest hidden cost in construction, and how AI-trained “drivers” can fix it.
Patric Hellermann breaks down why accuracy itself is a moat in robotics, and why overspeccing sensors early pays off later.
Mo dives into Japan’s labor crisis and why it makes them the global testbed for construction robotics.

Why collaboration, not just autonomy, will define the first wave of robots on site.
The hidden financing gap in robotics (despite mega-rounds).
Why building “cool robots” isn’t enough, and you need to solve a real pain.
How hardware + SaaS creates sticky robotics businesses.