Caterpillar teams with NVIDIA to revolutionize heavy industry with physical AI and robotics

Caterpillar announced an expanded collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate the development of nextgeneration AI-powered solutions for customers, dealers, and employees. According to Caterpillar CEO Joe Creed, AI is reshaping physical operations across job sites, factories and offices, and the partnership will help Caterpillar address its customers’ toughest challenges.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang noted that the companies are working together across the full spectrum of industrial AI: from autonomous construction fleets to the data centres powering the next industrial revolution. Caterpillar is investing to equip its machines for an AI-enabled future using the NVIDIA Jetson Thor platform, which supports realtime inference for Cat construction, mining and power equipment. This foundation enables features such as intelligent incab assistants, AI-driven recommendations to further support autonomy, and fleetwide machine intelligence powered by machine learning, computer vision and edge computing that processes sensor data in real time.

At CES 2026 in January, Caterpillar introduced the Cat AI Assistant, built using NVIDIA’s Riva speech models to provide personalized recommendations, voiceactivated troubleshooting and access to Caterpillar’s Helios data platform. The partnership also extends to manufacturing, where Caterpillar is using NVIDIA’s AI Factory and Omniverse technologies to improve forecasting, scheduling and digital-twin simulation, advancing safer, more resilient production systems.

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