CategoryTrucks
Overview
Robotic Research is an autonomous driving technology company founded in 2001, specializing in Level 4 self-driving systems for Class 8 trucks, yard trucks, and military vehicles. Its commercial arm, RR.AI, raised $228M in Series A funding in 2021.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Forterra rebrand
Autonomy funding history
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
3
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Robotic Research has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint132 total
- 2Oshkosh Corporation1× joint
Most recent
- with Oshkosh Corporationoperating
Robotic Research on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Robotic Research's robots are operating, by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Alberto Lacaze CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Robotic Research.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Robotic Research2 deployments
Recent coverage
Robotic Research in third-party press
Peers
88 peers across 1 segment. Every Robotic Research competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
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57 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4969.122215850638) · leader Waymo at 6990%
- Autonomous A2Zdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Cowarobotdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Haomo.AIdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Momenta Globaldirect competitor(inferred)strong
- QCraftdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Zerondirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (4)
Registry pages whose text names Robotic Research.
Financial state
- Total funding
- $228.0M
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.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Robotic Research has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Oshkosh Corporationoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint132 total
- 2Oshkosh Corporation1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—operating
- Robotic Research x Oshkosh Corporation Autonomous Vehicles PartnershipwithOshkosh Corporationdevelopment2022-04-26operating
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2021-12-08
$228M(reported)
Investors: SoftBank (co_lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Robotic Research’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipRobotic Research x Oshkosh Corporation Autonomous Vehicles Partnership
2022-04-26Oshkosh Corporation made a strategic investment in Robotic Research and signed a joint development agreement to accelerate autonomous vehicle capabilities for defense and essential equipment. The companies began collaborating in 2017 on autonomy programs for the US Department of Defense and expanded the relationship with this formal partnership.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2021-12-01Series A raising $228000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
RR.AI Driver at United States
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
RR.AI Driver at Germany, Europe
Sources (4)
- https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/08/robotic-research-raises-228m-series-a-to-build-out-commercial-autonomous-offerings/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-driving_truck
- https://www.forterra.com/posts/driverless-tech-leader-rrai-rebrands-as-forterra
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211208006171/en/Robotic-Research-Announces-%24228-Million-Series-A-Funding-Round-to-Scale-Autonomous-Technology-Commercially
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-22
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Robotic Research.Peer companies
- Waymo5 models
- Tesla4 models
- Volvo Autonomous Solutions4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Plus3 models
- Caterpillar2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Robotic Research from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/robotic-research.md
- RSS feed: /companies/robotic-research/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/332b3fed-651b-4b95-bbb1-1c9b703899df
- Revision history: /companies/robotic-research/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Waymo5 models
- Tesla4 models
- Volvo Autonomous Solutions4 models
- Aurora Innovation3 models
- Plus3 models
- Caterpillar2 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender79/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Robotic Research draws attention at the 73rd percentile but verifies reality at the 28th percentile among truck robots. Hype Gap +44.6, 4th widest among truck robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. 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: Nov 7, 2026