East-Vemo engineers launched Bedrock Robotics with $ 80M to automatically make construction automated

A autonomous vehicle technology startup, Bedrock Robotics, a autonomous vehicle technology set up by vemo and segment veterans, has been working quietly for more than a year. Now, it is covering investors’ eclipse and covering with a funding round of $ 80 million from 8VC.

Bedrock robotics focuses on developing a self-driving kit, which can be retrofitted for construction and other workplace vehicles, According to the companyThe announcement confirms some reporting of Techcrunch in May. Bedrock is upgrading the existing fleet with sensors, compute and intelligence that understands the goals of the project, adapt to the changing circumstances, and executes the work around the clock, ” According to a blog post written by co-founder and CEO Boris Sofman.

Sofman first closed the self-driving truck program of Wemo. But he is probably known for his role as co-founder and CEO of Ankie Robotics, which made the popular Czmo Consumer Robot, and shut down in 2019. Other co-founders include vemo giants Kevin Peterson, now CTO, Ajay Gummalla, a VP of engineering, and Tom Elijes has also worked, which already works.

The company could not be reached for comment. Techcrunch will update this article with new details, once the bedock responds.

Bedrock is the latest company to run engineers who specializes towards the off-road environment in robotics, autonomy and AI. Many autonomous vehicle startups have popped up in recent years with the aim of applying their self-driving system in off-road environment, such as construction, mining, industrial sites and even an off-road environment such as defense.

Earlier this week, San Francisco-based startups, which have developed a self-driving system designed for dhona trucks and other off-road vehicles used at construction and mining sites, acquiring competitive safia. Other startups of off-road autonomy and other startups playing in the broad field include codiaq robotics, polymath robotics, Seattle-based Overland AINew Breanswick, Canada located PossibilityAnd more established companies such as Forter.

Bedrock stated that it focuses on construction sites and is testing in Arkansas, Arizona, Texas and California with four corporations: Sunda Construction, Zachie Construction Corporation, Champion Site Prep Inc. and Capital Agigetes Inc.