软银集团已向犹他州公司Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) 投资2.25亿美元，该公司致力于让工程车辆实现自动驾驶。
SoftBank Group has invested $225 million into Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI), a Utah company that makes work vehicles drive themselves.
双方还成立了一家合资企业，为大型公路、铁路和机场项目制造自动驾驶机械。
The two have also set up a joint venture to build self-driving machines for big road, rail and airport jobs.
软银正为该合资企业提供资金，覆盖多种建筑作业，主要是土木工程和现场物料搬运。该资金规模、股权结构及合资企业名称均未披露。
SoftBank is funding the joint venture to cover several kinds of building work, mainly civil construction and moving materials on site. The size of that funding, who owns what and the name of the venture were not disclosed.
这2.25亿美元直接投给ASI，公司将用这笔资金在建筑行业更广泛地推广销售。
The $225 million goes to ASI itself, and the company will use the money to sell more widely across the building trade.
ASI的核心产品是Mobius，这是一款运行自动驾驶工程车辆车队的软件。
ASI’s main product is Mobius, software that runs fleets of self-driving work vehicles.
公司表示该软件兼容任何主流制造商的机械，因此建筑商可以实现其现有混合设备的自动化。"
The company says it works with machines from any major maker, so a builder can automate the mix of equipment it already owns.
Together, we offer automated OEM-agnostic heavy equipment solutions that let customers deploy mixed fleets of haul trucks, dozers, loaders, compactors, and more," said Mel Torrie, ASI’s chief executive. Torrie表示，合作伙伴希望与从事公路、机场、铁路建设以及废弃物处理场地的公司合作。他称这些机械能够处理从挖掘、移土到垂直建设等各类作业。
“Together, we offer automated OEM-agnostic heavy equipment solutions that let customers deploy mixed fleets of haul trucks, dozers, loaders, compactors, and more,” said Mel Torrie, ASI’s chief executive. Torrie said the partners want to work with firms that build roads, airports and railways, as well as waste sites. He said the machines can handle jobs from digging and moving earth to building upwards.
ASI成立于2000年，由将犹他州立大学研究成果转化为商业的工程师创立。
ASI was founded in 2000 by engineers who turned research from Utah State University into a business.
总部位于犹他州门登，拥有超过80公顷的测试场地，并在盐湖城、达拉斯-沃斯堡和科罗拉多州朗蒙特设有办事处。
It is based in Mendon, Utah, where it has a test site of more than 80 hectares, and also has offices in Salt Lake City, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Longmont, Colorado.
据公司介绍，其技术已应用于农场、建筑工地、物流和园林绿化等领域。
Its technology is used on farms and building sites, and in logistics and landscaping, according to the company.
此外，软银此前也曾投资此类机械；8月，软银领投了瑞士初创公司Gravis Robotics 2亿美元融资轮，该公司为挖掘机配备自动驾驶软件。
Moreover, SoftBank has invested in this kind of machine before; in August, it led a $200 million round for Gravis Robotics, a Swiss startup that fits excavators with self-driving software.