Robot model
Exosystem
Built Robotics (San Francisco; founder Noah Ready-Campbell; about $112M raised) makes autonomous construction heavy-equipment systems: the Exosystem, an…
- Manufacturer
- Built Robotics
- Form factor
- construction
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- builtrobotics.com ↗
Overview
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.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Sources on file
- 6 sources, view all
Key facts
Funding raised
Series C
Autonomy level
Customers
Throughput claim
Specs
Notes
Products
Form Factor
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
3
Web sources
2
6 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Not sold (internal use)
- Price
- Not publicly disclosed
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Exosystem. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (1)
- Exosystem at United Statesoperational
Exosystem on the deployment map
Where Exosystem is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 8, 2026
Robots for the Solar Energy Revolution: The RPD 35 from Built Robotics
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Built Robotics Exosystem autonomous-excavator kit
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2021
at United States
Deployment-verified media (2)
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.
From deployment: United States
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.
From deployment: United States
Safety record
No incidents on record for Exosystem.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (6)
- https://www.builtrobotics.com/solutions/solar-piling
- https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/07/built-robotics-raises-another-64m-to-make-construction-equipment-autonomous/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/built-robotics-digs-up-64m-for-construction-vehicle-autonomy-kits/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/built-robotics-develops-autonomous-solar-piling-robot/
- https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2023/04/27/robotic-solar-pile-driver-three-times-faster-than-humans/
- https://www.equipmentworld.com/equipment-controls/autonomous/article/15290627/built-robotics-raises-64-million-for-robotic-excavator-exosystem
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Common questions
- What is Exosystem?
- 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.
- How much does Exosystem cost?
- Exosystem's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Exosystem from Built Robotics. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
- Is Exosystem actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Exosystem is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes Exosystem?
- Exosystem is made by Built Robotics, based in San Francisco, California, USA, founded in 2016.
- Where is Exosystem deployed?
- 1 verified deployment of Exosystem is on the DEPLOY registry, including at United States.
- Can you buy Exosystem?
- Exosystem is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
- What are alternatives to Exosystem?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable construction robots to Exosystem include Apis Cor Mobile Printer, BOD2, Canvas drywall-finishing robot, CivDot.
- How does Exosystem compare to Apis Cor Mobile Printer?
- Exosystem and Apis Cor Mobile Printer (Apis Cor · 1 deployment) are both construction robots on the DEPLOY registry. Exosystem has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Exosystem a top construction?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Exosystem ranks in roughly the top 23% of construction models tracked by the registry.
- What is Exosystem's maturity stage?
- Exosystem is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is Exosystem safe?
- Exosystem 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 · 6 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-12
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: construction
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Exosystem.Recent coverage
Exosystem in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Exosystem from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Blattner awards Built Robotics 5M contract for autonomous construction
Blattner awarded Built Robotics 5M contract to scale autonomous construction systems for energy infrastructure projects.
Autonomous construction bots are building the solar infrastructure behind Meta's massive Hyperion data center
Built Robotics' retrofitted autonomous pile drivers are installing up to 1,000 steel beams per day at a Louisiana solar site powering Meta's Hyperion data center.
Built Robotics raises 4 million for robotic excavator Exosystem
Built Robotics raised 4M for its Exosystem, an aftermarket kit for autonomous excavators. The company also announced the RPD 35 autonomous solar pile driver.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/built-exosystem.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/0988c066-308a-49f7-ba10-705cada31a4e
- Revision history: /models/built-exosystem/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Buyer-facing pricing: deploy.report/price/built-exosystem
Video
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Reality vs attention
Exosystem draws attention at the 77th percentile but verifies reality at the 41st percentile among construction robots. Hype Gap +35.5, 4th widest among construction robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
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 19, 2026