Robotic block laying machine improvements

The vehicle according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the block conveying system includes:

• a) a tower mounted to the base for rotation about a vertical axis, the tower having a tower shuttle that runs along a tower track for transporting a block up the tower;
• b) a foldable and telescopically extendable boom pivotally mounted to the tower about a horizontal axis, wherein rotation of the tower sweeps the boom radially about the vertical axis and wherein the laying head is mounted to a distal end of the boom, the boom having a shuttle system for transporting blocks from the tower to the laying head;
• and,
• c) a carousel located around a base of the tower and rotatable about the vertical axis independently of the tower, the carousel having one or more clamping bays for receiving blocks from the at least one robotic arm,
• wherein, in use, the at least one robotic arm is configured to transfer a block picked from a pallet to a clamping bay of the carousel which rotates to a position proximate the tower track for transfer of the block to the tower shuttle which conveys the block up the tower where it is then transferred to the boom shuttle system.