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âLandfill of the Futureâ: WM Begins Autonomous Equipment Pilot with Caterpillar
Following a successful pilot of a remote-controlled D8 bulldozer, the landfill operator will test a Cat-developed autonomous landfill compactor.
August 18, 2026
Autonomous
Komatsu Partners With AIM Intelligent Machines to Automate Bulldozers and Excavators
The new partnership combines Komatsuâs Smart Construction platform with AIMâs physical AI to let machines plan, navigate and execute earthmoving tasks autonomously.
August 17, 2026
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October 7, 2026
Robotics
A Robot Subcontractor? Monumental Wants You to Hire its Brick-Laying Robot
Instead of buying equipment, contractors hire Monumental's trio of autonomous bricklaying robots and pay only for finished walls.
August 12, 2026
Technology
Ex-SpaceX Engineers Raise $115M to Build Semi-Autonomous Construction Equipment
TerraFirma says operators could oversee fleets of retrofitted excavators, dozers, loaders from screens, making them up to 300% more effective.
July 21, 2026
Autonomous
Video: Operator Teaches Hitachi ZX135US-7 Excavator to Dig on its Own
With a few inputs from the operator, the excavator takes over with Gravisâ new Copilot system to autonomously dig a trench.
May 8, 2026
Autonomous
Iron Insider: How Bluelight's $50K Autonomy Kit Can Boost Productivity Up to 14%
No operators? No problem. Turn rollers and haul trucks autonomous to boost production and improve safety â no new equipment needed.
May 5, 2026
Autonomous
Bluelight Expands Retrofit Autonomy to Volvo Articulated Trucks, Cat Rollers
The installation time for Autopilot is 3 to 6 hours and requires only a model-specific harness and minimal hardware changes.
March 25, 2026
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar Previews 5 Autonomous Equipment Lines at CES (Video)
The company revealed new intelligent excavators, dozers, loaders, haul trucks and compactors.
January 8, 2026
Autonomous
Bedrock Robotics Deploys Industry's Largest Supervised Autonomous Excavator Test
Autonomous excavators are being used to load human-operated articulated dump trucks on a mass-excavation project for Sundt Construction.
December 3, 2025
Autonomous
Komatsu, Earthbrain and Tier IV Join Forces on Autonomous Dump Truck Development
A new partnership will bring open-source autonomous tech to Komatsuâs 40- and 94-ton dump trucks, targeting safer, smarter and more efficient quarry and civil jobsites by 2027.
October 1, 2025
Autonomous
Bluelight Machines Brings Affordable, Fast Autonomy to Construction Equipment
The plug-and-play autonomy kit retrofits rollers and haul trucks in about 90 minutes and for under $50K, helping contractors slash idle time and boost production.
August 20, 2025
Technology
Gravis Robotics Can Turn Any Earthmoving Machine into a Robot
The plug-and-play system gives earthmoving equipment autonomous capabilities with built-in machine control, 3D surveying and remote operation.
May 21, 2025
Technology
Trimble Showcases the Autonomous Construction Site of the Future (Video)
Three machines...one operator. Check out this video of autonomous and remote-controlled machines working in unison at Dimensions.
November 15, 2022
Autonomous
Shantui Claims âWorldâs Firstâ Autonomous, Unmanned Bulldozer
The machine can follow operating instructions and work autonomously with no remote operation, the Chinese manufacturer says.
August 30, 2022
Autonomous
Autonomous Retrofit Startup Teleo Gets a Funding Boost, Partners with Deere Dealer
Dozers, excavators, trucks, wheel loaders and more can be run without an operator in the cab, enhancing both safety and productivity.
June 21, 2022
Construction Equipment
Autonomous Machines Advance: Volvo sends TA15 autonomous hauler to customer testing; EquipmentShare funds research
Autonomous construction equipment research marches on with industry companies delving into demonstration areas and university research support.
March 4, 2021
Class 7-8
Freightliner partners with Waymo for Level 4 autonomous Cascadia
Daimler Trucks and Waymo will work together towards deploying an autonomous SAE Level 4 Freightliner Cascadia by 2024. Details here on Equipment World.
November 10, 2020
Autonomous
Opinion: The dawn of autonomous construction equipment is upon us
If you think autonomous equipment operation is a pipe dream, youâd be wrong. About as wrong as the contractors who first doubted GPS machine control. Back in November I attended a prototype demonstration of Doosanâs Concept-X autonomous machine technology in Korea. At the demo, we watched an excavator and wheel loader without operators maneuver around [âŚ]
March 16, 2020
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