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Image: Bedrock RoboticsBedrock Operator
Retrofit autonomy kit for excavators covering grading, excavation, backfill, and hauling
- 5
- Deployments
- 3
- Companies that ran it
How it works on your site
The Bedrock Operator is a sensor and compute retrofit kit that mounts on the cab of 20-to-80-ton Caterpillar and John Deere excavators, enabling supervised autonomous earthmoving without permanent modification to the host machine. It covers six subtasks within the earthmoving job: mass excavation, trenching, rough grading, backfilling, finish grading, and soil hauling; human oversight is required for all operations. The system has been shipping since 2025.
Finish Grading
The same CAD-to-surface-model workflow applies to finish grading, where the system shapes terrain to design specifications.
Site Clearing and Mass Excavation (Cut)
The retrofit kit runs on the host excavator's existing hydraulics, executing autonomous dig-and-load cycles that fill human-operated articulated dump trucks. Onboard cameras, LiDAR, and dual GPS navigate hills, trenches, boulders, and obstacles across active job sites. Human operators continue to drive the dump trucks and manage site logistics outside the geofenced autonomous zone.
Rough Grading and Contouring
The system ingests CAD files and project plans, then executes grading passes to match the design surface model. ML models trained on operational data from multiple projects handle terrain interpretation and grading decisions. The crew defines geofenced zones and monitors the autonomous machine remotely.
Backfilling, Soil Hauling, Trenching (Utility Excavation)
Field outcomes
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Image: Bedrock Robotics
Bedrock Operator
Champion Site Prep
Who has run it
5 deployments · 3 companies · 1 country
Will it work on your site
- Equipment compatibility
- 20-to-80-ton excavators; Caterpillar excavators independently documented, broader OEM compatibility stated but not independently confirmed by brand
- Installation
- A few hours per machine; reversible, no permanent modification
- Site preparation
- Geofencing zone definition, CAD or grading plan upload, RTK-GPS positioning
- Connectivity
- Cellular (LTE or 5G) or satellite (Starlink) for real-time monitoring; onboard computing handles time-critical functions locally
- Operating schedule
- Up to 12 hours per day, 7 days per week on confirmed deployment; pauses for refueling and maintenance only
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