Summary
The Exosystem is a retrofit autonomy kit that installs on the tail of a standard mid-size excavator, converting it to supervised autonomous trenching for solar farm electrical infrastructure. It handles survey, excavation, and grade checking without an operator in the cab; a Robotic Equipment Operator (REO) supervises multiple machines remotely from a nearby trailer. One REO running multiple excavators simultaneously delivers a 45% productivity gain over single-operator trenching, as reported by ENR on Bechtel solar projects. The Exosystem has been shipping since 2021, with production deployments across utility-scale solar and energy pipeline projects in the US and Australia.
How it works on your site
Trenching (Utility Excavation)
The Exosystem follows pre-loaded GPS trench lines without physical stakes, executing the dig-and-grade cycle autonomously while the REO monitors from a trailer. The excavator handles survey, excavation, and in-trench grade checking as a continuous workflow; manual operation is preserved and the kit is fully reversible. Compatible with Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi, John Deere, and Volvo mid-size excavators.
What users have experienced
155 ft per hr
Throughput
Built Robotics93 percent uptime
Performance
Built Robotics2.5 x weekly output
Speed
Built RoboticsRobot deployment record
4 deployments on public record
| Project | Organizations | Country | Detail |
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| Solar projects (specific names not given) production |
Bechtel
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USA | |
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| Multiple solar projects; 3-year contract for dozens of robots production |
Blattner energy
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Not stated | |
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| Pipeline trenching for energy projects production |
MPC Kinetic
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Australia | |
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| 1.1-GW solar farm ("one of the largest in the country") trial | Not stated | USA | — |
| No deployments match these filters. | |||
Other companies that have deployed this robot
3 organizations on record for this robot
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