FBR Demonstrates Mantis to Samsung Heavy Industries
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FBR Limited (ASX: FBR) | ABN 58 090 000 276
+618 9380 0240 | www.fbr.com.au
88 Sultana Road West, High Wycombe, Western Australia 6057
FBR Demonstrates Mantis™ to Samsung Heavy Industries
Monday, 26 October 2026 – Robotic technology company FBR Limited (ASX:FBR) (‘FBR’ or ‘Company’) is
pleased to advise that it has demonstrated the world leading capabilities of the Mantis™ welding robot to a
delegation from Samsung Heavy Industries, one of the largest shipbuilding companies in the world.
Four experts representing technical leadership in robotics, welding and production within Samsung Heavy
Industries travelled from Korea to attend FBR’s premises to view Mantis™ welding several workpieces
representative of various aspects of shipbuilding.
Mantis™ is a DST®-powered long reach industrial welding robot with high deposition welding capability. The
Samsung Heavy Industries team witnessed the full workflow from FBRs own AI "Weld Creator" programming
software, through to part set up, welding and inspection of the completed welds. Mantis™ offers new capability
to shipbuilders and was well received.
The commencement of Mantis™ demonstrations to international prospects is an exciting milestone for the
Company and the team is looking forward to conducting many more demonstrations before the first Mantis™
unit is shipped to its new owner in the United States.
FBR’s CEO Mark Pivac commented:
"We have been working with Samsung Heavy Industries on another shipbuilding automation project for some
time. It was fantastic to host the team on Friday and show them firsthand what Mantis™ can do. Mantis™ is a
general purpose large welding robot and has many applications for shipyards. Samsung Heavy Industries are
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FBR Limited
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FBR Limited (ASX: FBR) | ABN 58 090 000 276
+618 9380 0240 | www.fbr.com.au
88 Sultana Road West, High Wycombe, Western Australia 6057
at the forefront of shipbuilding technology and we are pleased to be showing how FBR can contribute to
automating welding of these huge ships that are central to global trade and the world’s economy. I see a bright
future for Korea and Australia working together in this major industry."
The Samsung Heavy Industries team commented:
"Mantis™ is very impressive and has the capability to automate many tasks that we currently use humans to
complete across our shipyard, and we will work with the FBR team to examine the integration of more
automation in our production workflows.”
This announcement has been authorised for release to the ASX by the FBR Board of Directors.
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For more information please contact:
For investors:
Kiel Chivers
Chief Operating Officer
T: +61 8 9380 0240
investor@fbr.com.au
About FBR Limited
FBR Limited (ASX: FBR; OTC: FBRKF) designs, develops and builds dynamically stabilised robots to address
global needs in a safer, more efficient and more sustainable way. These robots are designed to work outdoors
using the company’s core Dynamic Stabilisation Technology® (DST®).
Applications of DST® include Hadrian®, Mantis™ and Firehawk™. Hadrian® is a bricklaying robot that builds
structural walls faster, safer, more accurately and with less wastage than traditional manual methods.
Hadrian® provides Wall as a Service®, FBR’s unique commercial offering, to builders on demand. Hadrian®
robots are also available for purchase by order. Mantis™ is a high deposition welding robot for the large-scale
metal fabrication industries such as mining, shipbuilding and defence manufacture. Firehawk™ is an
autonomous refractory lining robot that removes human labour from the process of lining ladles used in steel
production with refractory bricks.
To learn more please visit www.fbr.com.au
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