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Autonomous Track Loader (AI Guidance System)
Photo: Built Robotics Inc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
RetiredSucceeded by Exosystem United StatesFully autonomous

Built Robotics · working robot

Autonomous Track Loader

AI Guidance System

A retrofitted compact track loader (reported as a skid steer) that dug foundation holes and cleared ground by itself after an operator entered coordinates and hole size. It was Built's first product before the Exosystem excavator kit.

Price
—Pricing not set at unveiling
Height
—Not published
Weight
—Not published
Payload
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published
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Why it matters

Built says it was the first company to commercially deploy fully autonomous heavy equipment on construction sites.

Real-world use

Tested at Built's San Francisco yard in 2017; its AI Guidance System went to market in 2018 on loaders, excavators and dozers before the Exosystem replaced it.

Timeline

First shown
2017-10-18
Released
2018
Built Robotics came out of stealth with an autonomous track loader video

Maker

Built RoboticsCompany · founded 2016 · San Francisco, California, United States

About $112M across Series A-C, including $64M Series C (April 2022) led by Tiger Global

Public attention

A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current machines.

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Tracks
How it runs
Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.

Lineage

Every Built Robotics machine in order.

  1. Autonomous Track Loader (AI Guidance System)Autonomous Track Loader (AI Guidance System)2017Retired
  2. ExosystemExosystem2021Commercial
  3. RPD 35RPD 352023Commercial

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishedPricing not set at unveiling
How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

CNBC Built Robotics raises $15 million from NEA for autonomous construction Equipment World Autonomous Track Loader performs low-level excavation, grading tasks to boost jobsite productivity Construction Dive Is this autonomous tractor the future of construction?

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