kevinmpeterson

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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
Probably - if cost goes down to operate a machine, then the base machines can be smaller. Will eventually be interesting to go for much bigger changes... ditch the cabs, lower profiles, place your cameras in smart spots, move the pivot poin
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
Ah I misread. We’re working very very closely with design partners/customers for that side right now - they do more civil work than we will ever do and are happy to help us. We also have advisors who are in the civil space.
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
100%
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
They will work collaboratively with people
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
We don't have any relationship with Trimble or Topcon, but yes much more advanced capabilities on the machine. On caving/shoring - ideally we avoid having people in at least some of the trenches... if you can dig a trench and lay
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
Couple of thoughts here: Software engineering IMO is alive and well, we're just going faster. Job will shift with AI, but that happened with compilers, etc. Clever engineers will continue to build. Going faster could mean you mean fewe
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
Cool idea
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
We’re mostly focused on the AI and software side of things. There are many great manufacturers for the machines themselves. We have amazing hardware engineers, so if we need to do structural work for our parts, we will. At the moment it’s n
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
Humanoids will be amazing when they get here, but I think there are a lot of challenges between now and then - hardware alone is very challenging - add a ton of sticky mud and it’s going to be complex even if the software works.
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
Waymo doesn't build cars
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
There are companies (like Kiewit) that specifically hire and pay (a lot more) to incentivize their employees to travel. It's a really really hard job and many people burn out. The travel is brutal.
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
CAT, Deere are both doing very interesting things with older autonomy techniques. Deere has acquired several companies, and partnered with others to bring in talent from outside. CAT has worked with outside companies (notably Trimble, Topco
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
There is red tape and certainly there are planning bottlenecks, but the GCs already deal with this. Once a project is funded and started, an established GC will move quickly to execute on projects. Also - some states (CA in particular) have
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by kevinmpeterson 1y ago
I'm the CTO and one of the founders of Bedrock. I was very pleasantly surprised to see the excitement from this crowd! Happy to answer any questions about us (and will look through the comment threads here). We're looking for real