CategoryTrucks
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Overview
Komatsu is a Japanese construction and mining equipment manufacturer based in Tokyo, developing autonomous haul trucks (930E AHS) for surface mining, enabling driverless truck operations in commercial mining environments worldwide.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founded
CEO
Product
Public
Robotics
Patents
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
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Where Komatsu's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Hiroyuki Ogawa ceosince 2023-04-01secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Komatsu.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operated deployments (1)
- 930E AHSPerth
Operator customers (1)
- Komatsu1 deployment
Recent coverage
Komatsu in third-party press
Tía María Komatsu AHS trucks: haul road and traffic design notes for mine engineers - Geomechanics.io
Southern Copper’s Tia Maria to deploy first Komatsu AHS trucks in Peru - International Mining
Heidelberg Materials, Pronto Partner on Autonomous Dump Trucks - Equipment World
Peer companies
- Tesla4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Waymo3 models
- BelAZ2 models
- Caterpillar2 models
- Caterpillar Mining2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Komatsu - autonomous haulage system
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Komatsu Autonomous Haulage System overview
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Komatsu?
- Komatsu is a Japanese construction and mining equipment manufacturer based in Tokyo, developing autonomous haul trucks (930E AHS) for surface mining, enabling driverless truck operations in commercial mining environments worldwide.
- What does Komatsu make?
- Komatsu has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: 930E AHS (Komatsu builds physical robots).
- Who competes with Komatsu?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Komatsu building in the same form factors include Tesla, Aurora Innovation, Waymo, BelAZ.
- Who is the CEO of Komatsu?
- Hiroyuki Ogawa is the ceo of Komatsu, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Komatsu headquartered?
- Komatsu is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
- Where does Komatsu operate robots?
- Komatsu operates 1 verified deployment, including at Perth.
- Is Komatsu a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Komatsu ranks in roughly the top 82% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Komatsu founded?
- Komatsu was founded in 1921.
- Is Komatsu safe?
- Komatsu has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Komatsu.Peer companies
- Tesla4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Waymo3 models
- BelAZ2 models
- Caterpillar2 models
- Caterpillar Mining2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Komatsu from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Tía María Komatsu AHS trucks: haul road and traffic design notes for mine engineers - Geomechanics.io
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Southern Copper’s Tia Maria to deploy first Komatsu AHS trucks in Peru - International Mining
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Heidelberg Materials, Pronto Partner on Autonomous Dump Trucks - Equipment World
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NGM gets Komatsu’s 1,000th autonomous truck - Elko Daily Free Press
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Komatsu’s 1,000 autonomous ultra-class trucks: haul road design notes for engineers - Geomechanics.io
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Komatsu becomes first OEM to commission 1,000 ultra-class autonomous haul trucks - Industrial Vehicle Technology International
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Komatsu hits autonomous milestone - Mining Magazine
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- FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System continues to create value for customer operations, delivering scalable productivity and safety improvements - Komatsu becomes first OEM to commission 1,000 ultra-class autonomous haul trucks - komatsu.jp
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Komatsu Commissions 1,000th Autonomous Haul Truck - E & MJ
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Mining giant Komatsu reaches 1,000th autonomous haul truck - Canadian Mining Journal
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Komatsu reports 1,000th autonomous truck - Metal Tech News
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Komatsu Introduces PC9000-12, the World’s Largest Electric Excavator with 80-Tonne Payload - MaquiNAC
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/komatsu.md
- RSS feed: /companies/komatsu/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/d32d32bd-b102-49ed-9d99-31bae6097427
- Revision history: /companies/komatsu/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Tesla4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Waymo3 models
- BelAZ2 models
- Caterpillar2 models
- Caterpillar Mining2 models
Video
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Reality vs attention
Komatsu draws attention at the 71st percentile but verifies reality at the 18th percentile among truck robots. Hype Gap +53.2, 3rd widest among truck robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 23, 2026