Image: Some of Built Robotics’ 40 employees (Built Robotics)
A San Francisco company is developing a new smart technology that can retrofit ordinary construction diggers, turning them into autonomous machines.
Built Robotics, founded in 2016, fits earthmovers with an artificial intelligence (AI) guidance system that combines GPS, cameras and lidar (light detection and ranging), with a software application that enables machines to operate on their own.
According to Built Robotics, its package can be installed on standard excavators and bulldozers from any equipment maker.
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