Caterpillar · working robot
CS12 autonomous soil compactor
A Cat CS12 soil compactor that ran task-autonomously with nobody in the cab in live demonstrations, part of an announced autonomy line-up of excavators, loaders, dozers, haul trucks and compactors. No commercial date has been given.
- Price
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- Height
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- Weight
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- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Caterpillar said it was the first time it showed this level of autonomy on a construction machine in a live show.
Real-world use
No customers or deployments reported yet.
Maker
CaterpillarCompanyPublic attention
How much public attention CS12 autonomous soil compactor gets, from open data.
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- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
From the maker
CS12 autonomous soil compactor is the only machine from Caterpillar in the atlas.
Caterpillar also makes 2 vehicles. See every Caterpillar robot
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | CS12 autonomous soil compactorCaterpillar | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to use460 P-Tier autonomous articulated dump truckJohn DeereSame job: construction · Both on wheels · Both in development |  RogueX2Bobcat Company (Doosan Bobcat)Same job: construction · Both on wheels · Both in development |
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| First shown | 2026-03 | 2025-01 | 2024-01 |
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