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excavating machine
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excavator Yellow excavator power shovel with raised arm sits atop a mound of dirt under a partly cloudy sky.
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bulldozer
trenching machine
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This startup’s self-driving excavators help dig up $600M in new funding • Oct. 26, 2026, 1:45 PM ET (TechCrunch)

excavating machine, any machine, usually self-powered, that is used in digging or earth-moving operations of some kind; the power shovel, bulldozer, and grader (qq.v.) are examples.

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