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THIS
ROBOT
TRACTOR IS
READY TO
DISRUPT
CONSTRUCTION
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ZIPPING AROUND LIKE a
bumblebee, the little black-
and-yellow tractor claws
its bucket into one of San
Francisco’s few vacant lots,
kicking up a puff of dust.
Payload secured, it backs
up—beep, beep, beep—
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whips around, and speeds
to its dirt pile, stopping so
quickly that it tips forward on
two wheels. It drops its quarry
and ba