Gravis Robotics, the physical AI platform for heavy industry, has announced its full commercial expansion into the US through its live, production-scale autonomy tech to CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 in Las Vegas.
In collaboration with its partners Develon and Hitachi, Gravis will be demonstrating its systems’ earthmoving capabilities – including autonomous trenching and bulk excavation – enabled by its retrofit hardware that is currently in use on construction sites around the world.
Proven production-scale autonomy
Founded in 2022, Gravis has emerged as a leading provider of production-scale autonomy for earthmoving equipment. Unlike traditional automation, Gravis’ Physical AI continuously senses, decides, and acts alongside human crews on real-world sites.
Its platform fuses physical perception from a range of sensors – LiDAR, cameras, GNSS, and hydraulic feedback – with online learning and control. This allows the machines to “feel the soil” and adjust in real-time to changing ground conditions, and helps teams execute tasks with consistency to boost productivity and safety.
Gravis-powered machines are already deployed across major infrastructure and materials projects in seven countries spanning the UK, Europe, Latin America, Asia and now the US. This includes a 60-mile autonomous oil and gas pipeline project with Techint Group, the first partner to deploy Gravis’ autonomy in Argentina.
The project involves multiple 36-ton Gravis-powered excavators autonomously digging six-foot trenches in highly compacted and heterogeneous soil and shallow bedrock.
Across its multiple global deployments, Gravis partners have benefited, including seeing up to from a 30 percent increase in operator productivity, with 97 percent bucket fill rates, and estimated annual net savings of upto $74,000+ per machine.
Industry partners including Holcim, Boskalis, and Taylor Woodrow already use Gravis’ manufacturer-agnostic systems across mixed fleets and OEM-integrated equipment to support earthmoving, trenching, grading, material handling, and more.
Gravis Copilot launch
Gravis is debuting Gravis Copilot – the industry’s first commercially available machine-guidance platform that is autonomy-ready for operators – at the Las Vegas event.
As the US construction sector confronts a historic labor shortage, with 41 percent of the workforce projected to retire by the early 2030s, Copilot serves as an immediate force multiplier bringing productivity, safety and consistent quality job execution across operators.
Designed to be the fastest way for contractors to get started with autonomy, Copilot combines real-time terrain visualization, excavation depth guidance and human form recognition with operator control.
It works inside existing workflows, meaning no process changes or regulatory delays, and it keeps operators in control, while still benefiting from sensor-fused perception and autonomy-level onboard AI and compute.
This allows contractors to unlock immediate productivity gains while preparing their business for a future with ever-increasing levels of autonomy.
Because Copilot is built on Gravis’ platform perception and compute RACK, every machine equipped today is autonomy-ready: contractors can unlock fully autonomous tasks – such as trenching and truck loading – with a simple software upgrade.
This allows contractors to adopt autonomy at their own pace: starting with one system, and scaling across machines, fleets, and crews when ready.
Ryan Luke Johns, CEO and Co-founder of Gravis Robotics, said: “CONEXPO 2026 marks the moment where Physical AI moves from the R&D lab to the American jobsite.
“We are bringing the field-proven platform that is already moving millions cubic feet of earth. With Gravis Copilot, we give contractors a system that delivers massive utility today while building the data foundation for the fully autonomous worksites of tomorrow.”
Gabe Weiss, Head of Marketing, Americas at Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas said: “Showcasing Gravis Robotics as a live demo in our ConExpo booth is not only exciting for our attendees to see, but also a terrific example of how Hitachi Construction Machinery is partnering with leading edge technology companies as part of our brand transition to LANDCROS.
“AI and digitally-guided control systems, augmented machine guidance and earthmoving autonomy solutions that Gravis is demoing on our ZX135-7H highlights how new and current Hitachi machinery will bring innovative solutions to the modern job site.”
Alejandro Aguirre. from Techint Engineering and Construction, said: “Gravis has made its system work in tough ground, but more importantly the team has ensured that we’re working on common ground.
“Their competent field presence and clear communication enabled seamless collaboration, and we’ve been impressed by their ability to rapidly respond and deploy new features in line with evolving project needs.
“We see significant potential in Gravis’ approach and look forward to continuing our collaboration as we scale autonomous operations across future projects.”
The US expansion follows Gravis Robotics’ recent $23 million funding round and builds on live deployments including autonomous excavation at Manchester Airport with Taylor Woodrow, quarry automation projects with Holcim, and integrations across multiple OEM platforms.
