EX -Waymo engineers launch basic robots with $ 80 million for construction automation

Bedrock Robotics, an emerging company in the field of independent vehicle technology founded by the veterans of Waymo and Segress, works quietly for more than a year. Now, it is coverage with a $ 80 million financing round of Eclipse and 8VC investors.

Basic robots focus on developing a set of self -driving that can be re -equipped into construction and other work compounds, According to the company. The advertisement confirms some of Techcrunch reports in May. Bedrock “upgrade the current fleets using sensors, account and intelligence that understands the project goals, adapts to changing conditions, and implement work around the clock”, ” According to the blog of a publication written by the co -founder and CEO Boris Superman.

Sofman previously led a self -driving truck program in Waymo. But he may be famous as a co -founder and CEO of Anki Robotics, who made the famous consumer robot Cozmo, and closes in 2019. Among the other founders of the old warriors in Waymo Kevin Petersen, who is now in CTO, Ajay Gummalla, which is VP of Engineering, and TOM Eliaz, who previously represented it and Twilio.

The company cannot be accessed for comment. TECHRUNCH will update this article with new details once Bedrock responds.

BEDROCK is the latest company to guide engineers who are adept in robots, independence, and Amnesty International towards the environment on rough roads. Many startups in independent vehicles have appeared in recent years with the aim of applying their own self -driving systems to Row road environments Such as construction, mining, industrial sites and even defense.

Earlier this week, Proto, a start -up company based in San Francisco, has developed a self -driving system designed for transport trucks and other off -road vehicles used in construction and mining sites, The acquired competitor Safeai. Other startups that play in the partial and broad sector of autonomy on the Robotics, Polymath Robotics, are based Bathia, Amnesty InternationalNew Bronzwek, based in Canada possibleAnd more firm companies like forterra.

Bedrock said it focuses on construction sites and is tested in Arkansas, Arizona, Tksas and California with five companies: Sundt Construction, Zachry Construction Corporation and Champion Site Prep Inc.