Gravis Robotics announced a USD 200 million Series A investment from SoftBank to expand autonomous construction machinery internationally. The ETH Zurich spin-off develops retrofit controls for existing heavy-equipment fleets rather than requiring contractors to replace their machines.
Its Gravis Rack combines the company's control software with a retrofit kit installed on excavators from multiple manufacturers. Operators can use in-cab 3D guidance and hazard detection or supervise machines operating autonomously. Gravis says systems were already deployed on four continents at the announcement; the new funding is intended to scale that rollout.
