Luck Stone expands Caterpillar autonomous haulage to two more Virginia sites

Robotics and Automation News reported on November 10, 2026, that Luck Stone and Caterpillar are expanding autonomous haulage technology to two additional sites in Virginia. At the first deployment site, Bull Run Quarry, trucks have hauled more than 3.5 million tons since operations began in November 2024, the report said.

Following the reported achievement of hauling more than 3.5 million tons at Bull Run Quarry, Luck Stone and Caterpillar are expanding the technology to two more sites. For quarry operators, a key consideration will be whether results from one site can be replicated elsewhere, with site-specific outcomes such as hauling volume and safety informing decisions.

The concrete development is Luck Stone’s expansion of Caterpillar’s autonomous haulage beyond the single Bull Run Quarry to two additional sites in Virginia. The first site is said to have hauled more than 3.5 million tons since operations began in November 2024. However, that figure measures hauling volume; it does not provide data on availability, comparisons with human-operated vehicles or safety metrics. The reported information does not show what factors informed the decision to expand to other sites. In an article dated January 7, 2026, [we reported on Caterpillar expanding its collaboration with NVIDIA to transform industry through physical AI and robotics](/news/caterpillar-nvidia-to-teikei-butsuri-ai-to-roboteikusu-de-ju-773b4b). The current article describes an operational development: expanding autonomous haulage across multiple quarries. It does not say that NVIDIA technology will be used in the haulage systems at the additional sites, so the two developments cannot be directly linked. The technology collaboration announcement and the expansion of on-site deployment should be treated as separate facts. From an industry perspective, the report suggests that deployment may involve not only autonomous driving performance but also adapting technology to each quarry’s operating conditions and integrating it with work procedures and employee roles. The article says Luck Stone worked with Caterpillar on development and deployment and mentions employee skills development, but it does not specify which tasks are automated or how workers’ responsibilities will change. In our report that Kodama raised $7 million for physical AI for forests, bringing its total funding to $14 million, the company was said to have moved more than 100,000 tons of timber in commercial forestry operations over the previous six months. Quarry and forest work environments and technologies may differ, but a shared test will be whether real-world operations in off-road environments can be sustained across sites and regions. The next points to watch are the deployment timelines and vehicle counts at the two additional sites, actual hauling volumes, availability, safety results and the scope of work performed by people at each site. The current report does not provide comparable figures for these measures or explain how Bull Run’s results were applied to the additional deployments.