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Exosystem at United States

Built Robotics (San Francisco; founder Noah Ready-Campbell; about $112M raised) makes autonomous construction heavy-equipment systems: the Exosystem, an autonomy upgrade kit that retrofits standard excavators and other heavy equipment for autonomous earthmoving and trenching, and the RPD 35, an autonomous robotic solar pile driver focused on utility-scale solar farms. It is recorded at commercial maturity, with contractor customers including Mortenson and Black & Veatch.

Deployment-scale figures (total solar capacity installed, named utility customers) are an honest absence in independent sources; vendor throughput claims (e.g. ~3x faster pile driving) are stated, not independently verified.

Exosystem by Built Robotics · Operated by Built Robotics · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Construction robots

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Footage

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Built Robotics

Built Robotics footage of its Exosystem, a retrofit kit (cameras, GPS, and compute) that makes a standard excavator autonomous for tasks such as trenching. Genuine task-bounded autonomy, but geofenced to a defined work area and supervised by an on-site operator who sets the job and monitors.

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Built Robotics

Official Built Robotics video showcasing the RPD 35, the world's first autonomous piling system mounted on an excavator. Features onboard pile storage, GPS-guided sub-centimeter accuracy, and the Exosystem AI guidance brain.

Exosystem (Built Robotics) operating in United States. Status: operational.

Safety record

No incidents on record for Exosystem at United States.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-23
Model
Exosystem
Company
Built Robotics
Location
United States
Operator
Built Robotics
Status
operational
Operator type
maker operated
First seen
2021-01-01
ID
c10a7ce6-7528-4dde-acb4-fac5ad3a8e45

Timeline

  1. Jan 2021
    First recorded
    Exosystem first documented operating at United States.
  2. Jul 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (2)

  1. Built Robotics: autonomous construction equipment · https://www.builtrobotics.com/
  2. Built Robotics customers: Mortenson, Sundt, Skanska, Kiewit · https://www.builtrobotics.com/about
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-23

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-23

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: construction

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Common questions

What is the Exosystem deployment at United States?
Exosystem, built by Built Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at United States on the DEPLOY registry. Built Robotics operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Exosystem at United States?
Built Robotics, the manufacturer of Exosystem, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Exosystem deployment at United States go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2021 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Exosystem deployment at United States?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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