The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Rugged Robotics: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $9.4M raised. 4 sources back the record.
CategoryConstruction robots
Overview
Rugged Robotics is a construction technology company founded by Derrick Morse, developing ruggedized robotic solutions for construction site layout automation. Its Mark1 robot automates construction layout tasks, and the company has partnered with Hensel Phelps on hyperscale data center construction.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries A post-money
Key facts
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
2
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Rugged Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Construction Robotics1× joint4 total
- 2Data Holdings1× joint3 total
Most recent
Rugged Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Nov 2023. Explore where Rugged Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Rugged Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Derrick Morse Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Derrick Morsecofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Rugged Robotics.
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)
- Rugged Robotics1 deployment
Recent coverage
Rugged Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
- AES Corporation1 model
- Apis Cor1 model
- Brokk1 model
Financial state
- Total funding
- $9.4M
- Employees
- 45
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships
2 total · 2 just announced
Every company Rugged Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Construction Robotics1× joint4 total
- 2Data Holdings1× joint3 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2021-06-01
$9M(reported) · $56M post
Investors: Bold Capital Partners, Brick and Mortar Ventures
Timeline
Every recorded move in Rugged Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2021-06-01Series A raising $9400000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Rugged Robotics Mark1 layout robot
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedNov 1, 2023
Mark1 at Boston
Sources (4)
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Rugged Robotics.Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
- AES Corporation1 model
- Apis Cor1 model
- Brokk1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Rugged Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/rugged-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/rugged-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/19f93678-2cfd-43e4-961a-071cd36d7b2e
- Revision history: /companies/rugged-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
- AES Corporation1 model
- Apis Cor1 model
- Brokk1 model
Video
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Our Mark-1 platform is designed to travel anywhere layout is needed, but it's most at home right here in Texas. Born here, built here, works here. #TexasProud
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Get to know Derrick Morse, founder and CEO of Rugged Robotics, as he leads a transformative shift in the construction industry by automating the building layout
In this episode of the Rugged Robotics Video Series, Logan Farrell, CTO at Rugged Robotics, breaks down why layout becomes exponentially harder as projects scal
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In the latest episode of the Rugged Robotics Video Series, Derrick Morse, CEO at Rugged Robotics breaks down why trades don't trust each other's layout — and wh
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In the latest episode of the Rugged Robotics Video Series, Trey Lowenthal, Business Development Manager at Rugged Robotics, shared his perspective on why layout
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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
Rugged Robotics draws attention at the 17th percentile but verifies reality at the 40th percentile among construction robots. Hype Gap -22.3, 17th widest among construction 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: Sep 2, 2026