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Ken Gray
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Dig Robotics Co-Founder & Chief Performance Officer, Techstars '24, Edison Award Winner, Senior Construction & Mining Machinery Executive, Board Member, Author, Speaker, and Advocate for People who are Visually Impaired
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Ken Gray @kengray.bsky.social · Jun 1
Humbled to represent my #DIGRobotics team at #TrimbleDimensions this fall! #business #innovation #contech #leadership #Trimble
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If you are interested in how motion planning, computer vision and machine learning are converging to help operators and site managers improve #excavation performance, check out #DigRobotics.

#business #innovation #leadership #mining #earthmoving

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Boost excavation efficiency by 30%. Real-time operator assistance, powered by AI, reducing costs, cutting emissions, enabling top performance for any operator.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Humbled to have been asked this week to share my thoughts about how #technology and #automation are helping modernize #hydraulic equipment, especially #construction and #mining machines.

#business #innovation #leadership #DigRobotics

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When Steel Meets Software: The Intersection of Automation and Hydraulics in Construction
Construction industry veteran Ken Gray outlines how the creation of smarter hydraulics is enabling automation of heavy-duty mobile equipment.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Very excited about Construction Briefing @KHLConstruction taking an interest in what our team is building at #DIGRobotics!

#business #innovation #leadership #contech #earthmoving #ai #ml #computervision

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The tech a former Caterpillar exec claims can improve even the best excavator operators
For decades, excavator productivity has depended largely on the skill of the operator behind the controls. Is that about to change?
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July 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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We've been #Sludged!

#business #innovation #customers #customerservice #leadership

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We are Being Sludged
‘Sludging’ refers to the practice of putting unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles in front of someone to make it more difficult to access…
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July 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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How can a company have the capacity to deliver a new order but lack the capacity to solve a current customer’s problem? That’s truly beyond my ability to understand.

#business #innovation #leadership #customersupport #customerloyalty #productsupport

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We are Being Sludged
‘Sludging’ refers to the practice of putting unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles in front of someone to make it more difficult to access…
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July 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Humbled to represent my #DIGRobotics team at #TrimbleDimensions this fall! #business #innovation #contech #leadership #Trimble
June 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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It's pretty cool when Equipment Journal takes the time to publish an article about your #startup! #DIGRobotics #business #innovation #leadership #contech #mining #earthmoving #toughtech #machinelearning

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Dig Robotics: The moneyball of excavation
Dig Robotics is combining machine learning with gamification to help both rookie and veteran operators to perfect excavator operation.
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May 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Many thanks to @thecontechcrew.bsky.social for shouting out our Dig Robotics team! We will take you up on the invitation to join you on the podcast anytime, Jeff! @ironmanofit.bsky.social

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Essential Skills for Construction Professionals to Succeed in the Age of AI with Susan Brattberg
YouTube video by The ConTech Crew
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January 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Our #DigRobotics team is so humbled to be named a 2025 Top 50 #ConTech #Startup by CEMEX Ventures! There is so much more to come!

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Top 50 Contech Startups 2025
YouTube video by Cemex Ventures
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January 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Chappy couldn't even pretend to be interested in the Seahawks-Bears Thursday Night Football game. Whew boy was that exciting... #NFLTerrier #NFL #TNF
December 28, 2024 at 4:21 PM
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Love these misty winter mornings in Cedar Key, Florida, especially when Mother Nature isn't trying to kill us! Taking time to appreciate the natural beauty of this wondrous place is helping everyone get back to a sense of normalcy in the aftermath of #HurricaneHelene. #cedarkeystrong #floridastrong
December 26, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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Love these misty winter mornings in Cedar Key, Florida. #cedarkeystrong #floridastrong
December 24, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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Many thanks @ironmanofit.bsky.social, @thecontechcrew.bsky.social, and @tannisliviniuk.bsky.social for following me here in the sky! Great connecting with all of you as I grow my network from zero! #contech #toughtech #construction #business #innovation #leadership #builtworld #digrobotics #ai
December 19, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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How we do what we do often matters more than what we do. We ultimately received the parts we need to make repairs ourselves, but chances are low I'll be recommending this company!

#business #innovation #leadership #customerservice #customersupport #productsupport

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Product Support Makes or Breaks Customer Loyalty
Following Hurricane Helene, my wife and I to steps to further improve the resiliency of our home. One of our additions is a “bug out”…
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December 16, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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Did you know #excavation machines like the ones you see digging along the highway produce 50% more #GHG than commercial aviation? Our #DigRobotics team is working hard to do something about that! #business #innovation #contech #toughtech #leadership #startup

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From CAT to Robotics: How 33 Years at Caterpillar Shaped a Solution to Save 20% on Excavator Fuel Costs
BitBuilders - The Construction Robotics Podcast · Episode
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December 16, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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While it may appear to the untrained eye that Chappy is keeping a suspicious eye on NFL officials during the Green Bay Packers vs. Seattle Seahawks Sunday Night Football game, he's actually snoring loudly! He's also chasing squirrels in his sleep. #NFL #Packers #NFLTerrier #SundayNightFootball
A black and white terrier's eyes are half open as he is half way under a quilt sleeping on a sofa.
December 16, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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Defensive holding on a field goal attempt? That was a belly flop, not a hold! That was bad enough to even wake up Chappy! #NFL #NFLTerrier #Terrier
December 9, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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Hangin' out by the pool, but something's not quite right.
A man's legs hang over the side of an empty swimming pool.
December 8, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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The #ThursdayNightFootball game between the #Packers and #Lions was just too intense for my buddy, Chappy, to watch. #NFL #terrier
Chappy is a black and white Teddy Roosevelt rat terrier. You cannot see his blue eyes because they are closed. He is asleep on his back under his blanket. One of his paws is visible, because it's not under his blanket.
December 6, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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Am I all alone in thinking #skeletoncrew wasn't very good? I've been alone before, so it's ok! If the new #starwars series improves after episode 1, I'll never know!
December 3, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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Our Dig Robotics team is combining #kinematics, #3dscanning, and #machinelearning to improve excavation operator productivity and efficiency and to dramatically reduce #ghg #emissions. #contech #toughtech #business #innovation #leadership #startups #engineering

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From CAT to Robotics: How 33 Years at Caterpillar Shaped a Solution to Save 20% on Excavator Fuel Costs
BitBuilders - The Construction Robotics Podcast · Episode
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December 4, 2024 at 7:12 PM
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Am I all alone in thinking #skeletoncrew wasn't very good? I've been alone before, so it's ok! If the new #starwars series improves after episode 1, I'll never know!
December 3, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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My buddy Chappy was absolutely riveted by Sunday Night Football! #nfl This is such a #ratterrier pose! Ears up! Eyes closed!
December 3, 2024 at 8:11 PM
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I Feel You Near, written and produced by Gregg Clemons, is the 9th of 11 of his original songs from the 80's and 90's being rerecorded by his family and a reunion with my gifted younger brother and master guitarist, Kurt Gray.

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I Feel You Near
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December 3, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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My third post here in the sky is about how innovation should be driven by what #customers need, not by whatever technology or tool you've mastered.

#business #innovation #leadership

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Are Customers Asking for Your Technology?
My late mother would often tell the story of when I came home from Mrs. Sommer’s 2nd Grade class one afternoon and announced my plan to…
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November 26, 2024 at 2:44 PM