SoftBank is reportedly weighing a deal for Swiss robotics startup Gravis

Gravis Robotics, an ETH Zurich spinout, fits autonomy kits to excavators. A tie-up would extend Masayoshi Son’s robotics buying spree from the factory floor to the building site.

SoftBank is weighing a deal for Gravis Robotics, a Swiss startup that fits excavators and diggers with the sensors and software to run themselves, according to Bloomberg.

The report did not spell out the shape of any transaction, and the size, structure, and valuation were not disclosed. The discussions appear to be at an early stage, and there is no guarantee they lead anywhere.

What they do signal is where SoftBank is looking next. Masayoshi Son’s group has spent the past year assembling a robotics portfolio at speed, from an $800mn round it is reportedly circling for Agile Robots to smaller bets on the kind of autonomy kits that bolt onto existing machinery.

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