There’s been a lot of talk about getting autonomous construction equipment into the field, but few have been willing to use operatorless heavy iron on real sites. That’s where start-up Built Robotics sees opportunity, and now a deal with Sunstate Equipment promises to bring its autonomous earthmovers into the rental equipment stream.
“The customers who can make the biggest use of our technology are those using heavy equipment for earthmoving,” says Noah Ready-Campbell, CEO of Built Robotics. “They’re moving a lot of yardage, and we can get them speed improvements that add up.”