A tractor, a haul truck and a mower have more in common than their owners think. ASI has spent 25 years turning that observation into a business - and SoftBank has just invested $225 million in it.
The highway stole the self-driving headlines. Outrider went behind the warehouse, taught an 80,000-pound robot to hitch trailers, dodge traffic and mind the brake lines - then built the safety and support machinery enterprises demand.
ISEE is an MIT spinout building humanistic, AI-powered self-driving yard trucks that automate the repetitive, dangerous work of moving trailers inside logistics yards and port terminals. Its autonomy system is grounded in cognitive-science ideas like theory of mind, letting trucks reason about intent and handle the unpredictable chaos of a working yard. ISEE claims to be the first company to reach fully autonomous operations in the yard-truck space, with customers including Maersk and Lazer Spot.