Gravis Robotics raises $200M led by SoftBank to automate excavators
lukas_m_ziegler · x · 2026-08-17
Gravis Robotics, an ETH Zürich spinout, raised $200M in a Series A led by SoftBank, the largest in construction robotics history. The company focuses on bringing autonomous AI to excavators and heavy machinery. Unlike physical AI in static worlds, excavators actively reshape the environment, and Gravis aims to solve the challenges of operating in such dynamic conditions.
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