Awards

Who won

Construction robotics companies and the awards they took.

95 named honors · 108 titles · 159 companies

Named honors

Open a company to see the machine.

Contractor's Choice
BuiltWorlds · 2026
Equipment & Robotics. GCs voted. FieldAI won. Boston Dynamics was a finalist.
- FieldAI
Contractor's Choice finalist
BuiltWorlds · 2026
Named next to FieldAI on the 2026 Contractor's Choice. Spot was already on the job.
- Boston Dynamics
Construction Tech Demo Day winner
BuiltWorlds · 2026
Chicago pitch competition. Cosmic Robotics - physical AI for solar farms and data-center yards.
- Cosmic Robotics
Tech Excellence - Field Solutions
BuiltWorlds · 2026
Contractor digital-leader award. Kajima - Japanese tools, global platforms, and in-house field stack above benchmark.
- Kajima
Best of Innovation
CES · 2026
Robotics. Oshkosh JLG boom lift with a robotic end effector - welding and install at height.
- JLG
Innovation Award
CES · 2026
GoLe ND-3. Three categories: AI, robotics, smart communities. Material haul on a live job.
- GoLe Robotics
Innovation Award
CES · 2026
Robotics. DEEP Robotics Lynx M20 - wheeled-legged inspection on rough industrial ground.
- DEEP Robotics
Top Products
Constructech · 2026
Robotics autonomy plus reality capture and connected jobsite. Cat Command, Spot, BotBuilt, Built, Diamond Age, Dusty, Doxel, Hovermap, Topcon MC-X, Trimble Construction One, Hilti ON!Track.
Edison Award Gold
Edison Awards · 2026
Mechanically-Augmented Labor. Kewazo LIFTBOT - scaffold haul without the human chain.
- KEWAZO
Most Innovative Companies
Fast Company · 2026
FieldAI #10 on the AI list. Robotics & Engineering carries Boston Dynamics, Lucid Bots, and AIM Intelligent Machines (#6 earthmoving retrofit).
Industry Game-Changer & Environmental Performance (Silver)
Global Tank Storage Awards / StocExpo · 2026
Qlayers 10Q. Silver in both categories - shielded spray that cuts waste and keeps painters off the shell.
- Qlayers
iF DESIGN AWARD
iF Design · 2026
Product Design, Building Technology. Schindler X8 - nature-inspired interiors on a pitless residential lift.
- Schindler
Prevention through Design
NIOSH · 2026
Square Robot SR-3. Tank inspection without confined-space entry.
- Square Robot
Red Dot Design Award
Red Dot · 2026
Product Design. Epiroc Charger - OEM-agnostic underground charging for electric mining fleets.
- Epiroc
Red Dot Design Award
Red Dot · 2026
Product Design. LiuGong T-series wheel loaders - common design DNA across the 7–33 t family.
- Liugong
Red Dot Design Award
Red Dot · 2026
Product Design. Schindler X8 - residential elevator designed as a room, not a stainless cage.
- Schindler
SIA NPS Awards
Security Industry Association · 2026
ISC West. 1st place, Drone and Robot Solutions for Security - Field Foundation Models for Security and Patrol.
- FieldAI
RBR50
The Robot Report · 2026
Robotics Innovation Awards. Atlas stayed on the list. Skyline Ozmo washed the glass from the BMU.
- Boston Dynamics
- Skyline Robotics
TIME Trailblazers
TIME · 2026
Jason Ballard. 3D-printed housing. TIME's 2026 Trailblazers - designing and making the future.
- ICON

What contractors scored

BuiltWorlds 2026 Equipment & Robotics survey. Three names they published. Their contractors, their scores.

Highest rated (survey)
BuiltWorlds · 2026
2026 Equipment & Robotics Benchmarking Report. What contractors scored highest - their survey, not a census.
- FieldAI
Most adopted (survey)
BuiltWorlds · 2026
Same 2026 contractor survey. The fleet already walking jobs. Spot.
- Boston Dynamics
Most piloted (survey)
BuiltWorlds · 2026
Same 2026 contractor survey. The layout printer GCs were trying this year.
- Dusty Robotics

BuiltWorlds · 2026

Robotics Top 50

Survey, case studies, member yards. 16 countries. The 50 names they published.

Robotics Top 50

BuiltWorlds · 2026