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Gravis Robotics secures $200M Series A from SoftBank for Gravis Rack excavator retrofit
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Gravis Robotics, an ETH Zurich spinout, raised $200M from SoftBank to scale its Gravis Rack retrofit autonomous control system for excavators.
WHY IT MATTERS
This funding signals growing confidence in retrofitting existing heavy equipment with autonomous control rather than requiring new machines. For engineers, it suggests a lower-cost path to automation on job sites, though technical details remain undisclosed.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
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Gravis Robotics raised a $200M Series A from SoftBank.
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The funding will scale Gravis Rack, a retrofit autonomous control appliance for excavators.
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Gravis Robotics is an ETH Zurich spinout.
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ETH Zurich spinout Gravis Robotics raised a $200M Series A from SoftBank to scale Gravis Rack, a retrofit autonomous control appliance that mounts on excavators (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
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