About us
Engineers, operators and builders on a mission to modernise UK housing.
A seven-strong team working full-time on the ABLR — combining decades of mechatronics, manufacturing and construction expertise into one robotic platform.
Meet the directors
David Longbottom
Co-Founder & Director
David built his career in food manufacturing, rising from Trainee Manager to Factory Manager responsible for 2,500 staff. He went on to found Pro-Pak Foods, growing it to £30m turnover and 300 employees before selling to Danish group Tican Foods in 2005. In 2012 he established property developer DPKL, which has funded Construction Automation to date — combining operational scale-up know-how with deep capital backing for the ABLR programme.
Stuart Parkes
Co-Founder & Director
Stuart's background is in offshore oil & gas and nuclear decommissioning, where he developed deep project management expertise and technical mastery of mechatronic systems. In 2013 he founded Hydrorobotics, focused on hi-tech equipment for hostile environments — designing, building and operating a remote-controlled lead-brick handling arm for a nuclear facility. That same engineering DNA underpins the ABLR today.