Construction
Solar construction company Blattner agreed to use dozens of Built Robotics' machines on US solar projects over three years, for pile driving, surveying, drilling and trenching.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported · Sets RPD 35 and Exosystem's stage
What the source says
“Blattner will deploy dozens of Built's AI-powered robots across U.S. solar projects, where they will assist crews with pile”
What it means
RPD 35 and Exosystem, from Built Robotics, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on RPD 35 and Exosystem
- Built Robotics launched the RPD 35, a self-driving machine that drives solar-panel posts into the ground. The company said it could install about 300 posts a day with two workers.
- Built Robotics raised $64 million, bringing its total to $112 million. Most of its users were renewable-energy companies.
- Built Robotics raised $33 million, bringing its total to $48 million. Its machines were working on clean-energy projects in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and elsewhere.
- Built Robotics showed its system for turning existing excavators into self-driving machines, and raised $15 million.