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Autonomous Caterpillar 725 articulated dump truck retrofit
A standard Caterpillar 725 articulated dump truck fitted with SafeAI's make-agnostic autonomy kit so it hauls without a driver, later converted to battery power with Siemens and AVIA. SafeAI's web domain now redirects to Pronto.ai.
- Price
- —Retrofit project, not a catalogue product
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
SafeAI says the 2023 electric version was the first haul truck retrofitted with both autonomy and electrification.
Real-world use
Pilot began at a Cupertino, California site in late 2020 and completed over 580 load-haul-dump cycles; a battery-electric autonomous version was unveiled after trials in Spain in December 2023.
Maker
SafeAICompanyPublic attention
How much public attention Autonomous Caterpillar 725 articulated dump truck retrofit gets, from open data.
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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
Autonomous Caterpillar 725 articulated dump truck retrofit is the only machine from SafeAI with Obayashi Corporation in the atlas.
SafeAI also makes 1 vehicle. See every SafeAI robot
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedRetrofit project, not a catalogue product
- 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 | Autonomous Caterpillar 725 articulated dump truck retrofitSafeAI with Obayashi Corporation |  Canvas drywall finishing robot (Canvas Finishing System)Canvas (core technology acquired by JLG Industries, 2026)Same job: construction · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Monumental bricklaying robot fleetMonumentalSame job: construction · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Unmanned road construction fleet (autonomous rollers and pavers)XCMGSame job: construction · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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Sources
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