While the remainder of ASI Mining was sold to Epiroc in 2024, Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) remains an important player in the autonomy market across numerous sectors.
ASI describes itself as “the worldwide leader of industrial vehicle automation and developer of the Mobius® autonomous fleet management system,” and has now launched ASI Construction with SoftBank Group Corp.
ASI Construction is ASI’s new business unit, which focuses on automating construction equipment “to address growing construction demand and a dwindling labour supply, alongside agriculture, logistics, and landscaping.”
“ASI has been doing construction product development for 25+ years and counts John Deere, CNH, and other world leaders as its customers. ASI Construction leverages ASI’s recent strategic divestment and departure from mining with the sale of ASI Mining to Epiroc,” states ASI CEO Mel Torrie.
He adds: “Especially in low to no population areas, automation of construction equipment is critical to address the chasm between ever-growing demands for heavy construction projects and the dwindling labor supply. Since selling ASI Mining, the ASI team has focused on expanding its long-served off-road markets, such as logistics and agriculture. We are excited to be rapidly expanding into heavy construction.”
Torrie concludes: “ASI Construction will develop and operate a fleet of autonomous construction vehicles in the United States. ASI looks forward to serving the construction market by leveraging ASI’s industry-leading autonomy stack, which has matured through two decades of development and years of real-world rugged deployments, such as mining and agriculture. This development in heavy construction will help ASI in other markets.”
