Hitachi Construction Machinery launches physical AI R&D to learn excavator operator skills

• Hitachi Construction Machinery to start R&D in October 2026 on Physical AI that learns hydraulic excavator operator skills.
• Program targets AI trained on operator lever data, camera images, work instructions to execute site-specific operations.
• Longer-term aim includes autonomous debris removal at disaster sites, excavation, loading at construction, mining sites.
• Project selected for Japan’s GENIAC initiative run by METI, NEDO to accelerate generative AI development.
• Work to be carried out with Jizai, NAIST; HCM to collect operator footage, logs to build training, verification environment.

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