Autonomous haul trucks are in production use in mining, and grading equipment is seeing growing construction adoption. These machines use GPS guidance, computer vision, and AI to execute dig plans from 3D models, achieve millimeter-precise grading, and detect obstacles. The biggest benefit to the industry is that contractors don’t have to buy a whole new fleet to get the benefits of automation. Instead, they’ve create the Bedrock Operator, a hardware-and-software kit that retrofits existing heavy equipment. Their flagship robot is...