Gravis Robotics

Market context

Gravis matters because it applies autonomy directly to existing heavy equipment on real job sites, targeting a high-value wedge of construction robotics.

Facts

• Website: https://www.gravisrobotics.com
• HQ: Zürich, Switzerland
• Founded: 2022
• Segment: Construction
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2025-11-28 - $23M - Gravis Robotics raises $23M to scale autonomous earthmoving technology - source: tech.eu

Investors

• Armada Investment - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-28
• Holcim - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-28
• Imad - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-28
• Imad Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-28
• IQ Capital - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-28
• Pear VC - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-28
• Sunna Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-28
• Zacua Ventures - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-11-28

Autonomous heavy equipment company

Gravis Robotics retrofits construction machines with autonomous technology for safer and more productive earthmoving operations.

• Target environment: Construction sites, earthmoving projects, excavation areas, infrastructure worksites and heavy-equipment fleets.
• Deployment model: Retrofit autonomy systems for existing construction machinery using sensors, operator interfaces and autonomous control software.
• Customer context: Contractors, construction companies, equipment owners, infrastructure builders and heavy-equipment operators.
• Workflow context: Autonomous excavation, machine control, site safety, remote supervision, terrain-aware operation and heavy-equipment productivity.
• Commercial maturity: Early commercial construction autonomy company with public retrofit technology and customer trial activity.
• Market position: Construction robotics company applying autonomy to heavy equipment fleets.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on machine compatibility, site safety, operator trust, contractor workflow fit, ruggedness and proof of productivity gains.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes autonomous excavators, heavy-equipment retrofit systems, construction robotics and off-road autonomy.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-03-06 - Award - Gravis Robotics wins Next Level Award for Gravis Rack - • Gravis Robotics' Gravis Rack was selected as the Contractors’ Choice for best technology at the 2026 CONEXPO-CON/AGG Next Level Awards. • The award was announced on March 6, 2026, during a ceremony on the Ground Breakers Stage. • Attendees voted for the Gra…
• 2026-03-03 - Deployment - Gravis Robotics expands into the US with autonomous construction equipment platform - Gravis announced full commercial expansion into the US at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 in Las Vegas The company demonstrated autonomous earthmoving capabilities with partners Develon and Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas, including trenching and bulk excavation…
• 2025-11-28 - Funding - Gravis Robotics raises $23M to scale autonomous earthmoving technology - Gravis Robotics raises $23M to scale autonomous earthmoving technology. Named investors or backers include IQ Capital, Zacua Ventures, Pear VC, Imad Ventures, Sunna Ventures, Armada Investment, Holcim. The financing supports continued product development, dep…
• 2025-04-30 - Deployment - Gravis Robotics deploys autonomous excavator system in Holcim UK quarry trial - A Develon crawler excavator fitted with Gravis autonomy was trialed at Holcim UK's Lee Moor quarry in Plymouth The system was used to feed a screener with sand and gravel in live quarry operations The trial supported subsequent commercialization work between…
• 2025-04-15 - Product Launch - Gravis Robotics launches Anywhere Autonomy platform with six OEMs at Bauma 2025 - Gravis launched its Anywhere Autonomy platform at Bauma 2025 The launch highlighted manufacturer-agnostic deployment across multiple OEMs The platform extends Gravis retrofit autonomy model for excavators and related earthmoving equipment
• 2025-04-11 - Partnership - Gravis Robotics enters strategic partnership with Holcim and HD Hyundai XiteSolution on autonomous quarry equipment - HD Hyundai XiteSolution, Gravis Robotics, and Holcim agreed a strategic partnership to develop and commercialize autonomous technology for quarry and confined material-handling operations The collaboration centers on Develon equipment and Gravis autonomy for…
• 2025-04-10 - Partnership - Gravis Robotics signs three-way MOU with HD Hyundai XiteSolution and Holcim - HD Hyundai XiteSolution, Gravis Robotics, and Holcim signed a strategic agreement at bauma 2025 to develop and commercialize autonomous technology for quarry operations and confined material-handling workflows. The partnership is centered on integrating joint…
• 2022-10-01 - Company Formation - Gravis Robotics is founded as an ETH Zurich spinout for autonomous construction machinery - Gravis Robotics was founded in October 2022 as a spinout from ETH Zurich The company was formed to develop technologies that make large-scale construction machines autonomous Early work built on ETH Zurich research in robotic excavation and autonomy for heavy…

Team

• Ryan Luke Johns - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Relationships

• Hyundai Motor Company - Partner - Strategic partnership for autonomous quarry operations. Includes Develon equipment platform and Gravis autonomy stack.
• Hyundai Motor Company - Hd Hyundai Xitesolution / Develon Equipment Platform - Gravis, Holcim and HD Hyundai XiteSolution agreed to pair Gravis autonomy with Develon quarry equipment.

Context tags

• Construction autonomy system - Stack Layer
• Construction equipment operators - Customer Environment
• Construction earthmoving autonomy - Peer Group
• Autonomous excavation and grading - Workflow