RobotMe summary
ASI and SoftBank have announced a joint venture aimed at commercializing autonomous heavy equipment for large infrastructure projects, according to The Robot Report. The partnership targets coordination of mixed fleets across equipment brands.
The report says SoftBank provided $225 million in new funding to ASI. Proposed applications include haul trucks, dozers, loaders and compactors; the announcement is an expansion plan, not evidence that all such fleets are already deployed at the proposed scale.