Construction Automation News
Latest Construction Automation news and analysis — 20 articles tagged Construction Automation on The Robotics Media.
- Buildots Raises $130M to Wire AI Into Global Construction Megaprojects — — Tel Aviv-based Buildots closed a $130M growth round led by O.G. Venture Partners with Lightspeed, Intel Capital and Qumra Capital to bring AI construc...
- Reframe Systems Raises $40M To Scale Robotic Homebuilding Microfactories Across North America — — Ex-Amazon Robotics founders bring in Energy Impact Partners to bankroll FAB1 in Billerica and a national network of physical-AI homebuilding microfact...
- Bedrock Robotics Deploys Fully Autonomous Excavators on U.S. Infrastructure Sites — — San Francisco startup Bedrock Robotics has moved retrofitted excavators to full autonomy on live U.S. jobsites for Sundt Construction, Champion Site P...
- Gravis Robotics Bags $200M SoftBank-Led Series A At $1B Valuation — — Swiss ETH Zurich spinout Gravis Robotics closed a $200 million Series A from SoftBank, minting Europe's newest robotics unicorn as it scales retrofit...
- Dili Lands $21.7M Led By Khosla Ventures To Replace Big Four Sampling With AI Compliance — — Dili raises $21.7M including a $15M Series A led by Khosla Ventures to bring real-time AI compliance to U.S. energy, infrastructure and construction p...
- Autodesk Closes $3.6B MaintainX Buy, Launches Operations Solutions Business — — Autodesk completed its $3.6 billion all-cash acquisition of MaintainX on August 3, 2026, folding the maintenance-software startup into a new Autodesk...
- Ruhr University Fires Up CREATE: A Three-Robot Cell That Makes A Precast Concrete Panel In Three Hours — — Germany's Ruhr University Bochum has inaugurated CREATE — a globally unique robotic cell where three industrial robots weld rebar, pour concrete and o...
- Shimizu Launches Full-Scale AI Humanoid Robot Program for Construction Sites — — Japanese contractor Shimizu Corporation has kicked off full-scale development of Physical AI humanoid robots and painting robot arms for construction...
- Monumental Bags $32M Series B To Scale Autonomous Bricklaying Robots — — Amsterdam-based Monumental raised a $32M Series B led by Khosla Ventures to scale its autonomous bricklaying robots and the Atrium AI platform that ru...
- TerraFirma Raises $115M Series A For Semi-Autonomous Construction Robots — — Ex-SpaceX engineers' Austin startup closes a $115M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins to scale a fleet of retrofitted excavators, dozers and loaders that...
- Higharc Raises $95M Series C to Put AI Inside Homebuilding — — Homebuilding AI platform Higharc has raised a $95 million Series C led by Insight Partners and struck a partnership with US LBM, extending its AutoTra...
- Bedrock Robotics Raises $270M to Build Operator-Less Excavators — — Ex-Waymo founders' Bedrock Robotics raised a $270M Series B at a $1.75B valuation to scale autonomous construction fleets and field its first operator...
- Built Robotics, Penn Team Up On Construction Physical AI — — Built Robotics and the University of Pennsylvania's xLAB are partnering to build a world foundation model for construction safety, using a new data-co...
- Buildroid AI Brings Model-Based Bricklaying Robots to U.S. Construction Sites — — Robotics startup Buildroid AI plans to begin its first U.S. construction projects in 2026, deploying model-based block-laying systems trained in NVIDI...
- Rebar Raises $14M Series A for Computer Vision in Construction — — Rebar has raised $14 million in Series A funding for computer-vision software that reads construction blueprints to automate take-offs, cutting quote...
- Caterpillar Rolls Out Autonomous Excavators, Dozers, And Haul Trucks At CES 2026 — — At CES 2026, Caterpillar unveiled a sweeping autonomous construction lineup — excavators, dozers, loaders, haul trucks, and compactors — built on thre...
- Xpanner Raises $18M Series B for Construction Automation-as-a-Service — — Xpanner has raised $18 million in a Series B led by Korea Investment Partners to scale its retrofit physical AI kits that turn construction equipment...
- August Robotics Raises $30M Series B for Construction Drilling — — August Robotics has closed a $30M Series B led by Big Pi Ventures to scale autonomous drilling robots for hyperscale data centers and prefabricated co...
- August Robotics Raises $30M to Accelerate Data Center Construction — — August Robotics secures $30 million in funding to scale its automated data center construction technology and meet growing infrastructure demand.
- MIT's Robotic Building Blocks Cut Construction Waste by 60% — — MIT researchers developed robotically assembled building blocks that reduce construction waste by 60% while enabling 24/7 automated building.