Burro presents Grande 44 with proven autonomy for heavy industrial applications

The Grande 44 is Burro's most powerful autonomous platform to date and the first built for heavy industry. Source: Burro

Physical AI is making field robotics much more capable. Burro has launched the Grande 44, a platform with 44 peak horsepower, a 6,000-pound (2,721.5 kg) towing capacity and the ability to operate both indoors and outdoors.

The developers claim that their system brings proven autonomy to those industrial tasks where conventional robots simply cannot reach.

Robots are moving beyond warehouses

“Robots have been locked away in warehouses and factory floors for years,” said Charlie Andersen, co-founder and CEO of Burro. “Few companies have scaled autonomy outdoors—in agriculture, construction, and now heavy industry, where trillions of dollars are spent on manual labor every year.”

“Every hour of work, every kilometer, every unpredictable condition we encountered in the field made our platform smarter and more reliable,” he added. “The Grande 44 is the embodiment of all this experience, brought together for the industrial world.”

Founded in 2017, Burro is a leading supplier of autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for outdoor work. The Philadelphia-based company builds field vehicles that use AI and computer vision to perform a variety of tasks in harsh, unpredictable real-world environments.

A participant at last year's Robotics Summit & Expo, Burro has already deployed more than 750 robots that have logged over 1 million hours of autonomous operation around the world in the US, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Israel and Latin America.

Proven technology for harsh conditions

The company says the Grande 44 marks a major step forward. Burro brings the experience gained from 200,000 miles (321,868 km) of real-world operation in agriculture, nurseries and logistics to a system designed for the harshest industrial environments: intermodal and depot terminals, airports, rail yards, automotive logistics and unique factory environments.

Traditional AMRs and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are designed for smooth warehouse floors and require magnetic tape, reflectors and stable lighting, Burro notes. Grande 44 is able to cross the border between indoor and outdoor areas without any problems.

It rides on gravel, slopes, dust, dirt and in any weather - without altering the infrastructure or stopping work.

Key industrial challenges

The new platform supports a range of industrial tasks:

Industrial Towing and Hauling: The Grande 44 operates as a decentralized, autonomous conveyor, delivering heavy loads directly to assembly lines or between buildings. Distributing tasks across the fleet ensures a continuous flow of operations, even while individual vehicles are charging.

Patrol and Reconnaissance: Equipped with sensors and RFID readers, Grande 44s autonomously cover vast areas, tracking assets in real time. This reduces fuel and manual inventory costs.

Autonomous Carrying: The all-steel cargo bed supports up to 1,500 lbs (680.3 kg) and is suitable for moving equipment between sites.

Vegetation management: The Grande 44 is compatible with the Cortador stand-alone mower and Sprayito spot spray attachment for areas that require large areas of maintenance.

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AI trained on real data

Burro noted: The AI in Grande 44 directly uses the millions of environmental scenes that the system collects daily. The company takes images of people, terrain, weather, obstacles and lighting - and creates its own data set. It ensures continuous improvement of the entire fleet of machines.

According to Burro, this experience translates directly to industrial applications. The same platform that worked through Florida's tropical storms, freezing Northeast winters and scorching Texas summers is now specifically tailored for gravel pits, loading docks and high-traffic areas of industrial sites.

Like other Burro systems, the Grande 44 is designed as a collaborative amplifier. “Instead of displacing people, it takes on repetitive, physically demanding transport tasks—those that slow down work and overload already small crews. This frees up skilled operators for higher-value tasks,” the company said.

“The only way to keep labor-intensive industries in the U.S. profitable over the long term is to increase productivity per employee through automation, AI and other technologies,” Andersen said. - We have proven that the platform can cope with any outdoor conditions. Grande 44 is proof that the same technology is ready for the challenges of the industrial world.”

Premiere at Automate 2026

The Grande 44 will be on display at booth 25064 at the Automate show in Chicago next week. Burro said automation engineers will be available to discuss specific operational tasks and workflows.

The company will also hold demonstrations at booth 24040 in the AMR Automate demo area. Visitors will be able to see with their own eyes how the platform works in real conditions - both indoors and outdoors.

Those interested in testing the Grande 44 in their own environment can book an on-site demo. The system is already available for pre-order, with first deliveries expected in the second half of this year.