First came self-driving cars. Now, Waymo veterans are building autonomous construction equipment.
Bedrock is deploying autonomous excavators on three commercial construction sites.Construction automation is advancing. Researchers say fully autonomous sites are far off.Bedrock must prove its AI works across machines and saves contractors money.Self-driving cars have spent years learning the rules of the road.
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Bedrock is deploying autonomous excavators on three commercial construction sites.Construction automation is advancing. Researchers say fully autonomous sites are far off.Bedrock must prove its AI works across machines and saves contractors money.Self-driving cars have spent years learning the rules of the road. Now, several Waymo veterans are trying to apply those lessons to a far less predictable environment: construction sites.San Francisco-based Bedrock Robotics said Monday that excavators equipped with its autonomous AI system are now working without human operators on three commercial sites in Texas and Nevada. Machines equipped with Bedrock's technology are digging and moving earth on multiple projects, including a water treatment facility.The appeal of automating construction is clear.
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