# Caterpillar acquires assets and hires team from Marble Robot Inc.

Caterpillar acquired select assets and hired employees from Marble Robot Inc., a San Francisco-based robotics and autonomy technology company, to advance its automation and autonomy strategy.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2020-06-16
- Where: San Francisco, California, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: autonomy technology for construction, quarry, industrial and waste industries
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Caterpillar](https://endata.com/companies/1968.md) (acquirer)
- [Marble Robot Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/47903.md) (target)

## Sources

- [rermag.com](https://www.rermag.com/mergers-acquisitions/article/21134221/caterpillar-acquires-robotic-specialist-marble-robot-inc), 2020-06-16: "Caterpillar Inc. today announced it has acquired select assets and hired employees from San Francisco-based robot and autonomy technology solutions company Marble Robot Inc."
- [constructionbriefing.com](https://www.constructionbriefing.com/news/caterpillar-acquires-marble-robot/1144663.article), 2020-06-17: "Caterpillar has acquired select assets and hired employees from San Francisco, US, robot and autonomy technology company Marble Robot."
- [automatedwarehouseonline.com](https://www.automatedwarehouseonline.com/caterpillar-digs-in-with-the-acquisition-of-marble-robotics/), 2020-06-18: "We’re excited to join the autonomy team at Caterpillar."
- [whyps.com](https://whyps.com/caterpillar-announces-acquisition-of-robotics-expertise-from-marble), 2020-07-08: "The robot and autonomy technology solutions company Marble Robot, Inc at San Francisco, California has been acquired by Caterpillar.inc on June 29, 2020."

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