SK Godelius

What SK Godelius does

SK Godelius designs, engineers, and deploys robotic and Physical AI systems purpose-built for mining and heavy-industrial environments, with operations centered in Santiago, Chile and a regional office in Toronto, Canada. The company's portfolio centers on autonomous platforms for inspection, teleoperation, and sampling in unstructured, GPS-denied settings — including its Industrial Robotic Solutions for Unstructured Environments (legged, wheeled, tracked, and aerial robots), the Conveyor Belt Automated Inspection System (claimed at 98% AI fault-detection accuracy and 95% weekly inspection coverage across 1,000+ km inspected), and the NOMAD-based Geological and Environmental Autonomous Sampling system. These are bundled with adjacent services — Robotics and Automation, Teleoperation Projects, Connectivity and Networks, and an 'As a Service' hardware/software offering — plus a partnership with TrueContext for field data collection.

The business model is enterprise-direct and project-based: solutions are custom-engineered for named mining operators under multi-year contracts, with no public pricing. Go-to-market is sales-led, anchored by named reference customers including Codelco (teleoperation of stackers, water pumping, and underground loading chutes) and SQM (ship loader arm remote operation), alongside a non-mining reference at the Paranal Observatory VLT. Revenue streams span hardware-anchored system sales, professional services for teleoperation and network deployment, and managed-service 'as a service' contracts. Headcount of 11-50 employees and minimal disclosed funding indicate a small, capital-light operating profile relative to the scale of its enterprise deployments.

Name

SK Godelius

Legal name

SK Godelius

Website

https://godelius.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

SK Godelius designs and deploys autonomous robotic and Physical AI systems for inspection, teleoperation, and sampling in mining and heavy-industrial environments, serving enterprise mining operators primarily in Chile and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mining Robotics and Automation

NAICS

Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333131), Mining and Oil and Gas Field Machinery Manufacturing (33313), Support Activities for Mining (213), Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331)

SIC

Mining Machinery & Equip (No Oil & Gas Field Mach & Equip) (3532), Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction & Mining Robotics (HDAAAIAE)

Keywords

• Mining robotics
• Autonomous inspection systems
• Teleoperation solutions
• Conveyor belt inspection
• Physical AI mining

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Robotics and Automation Systems: Custom robotic solutions for inspection, sampling, and hazardous tasks delivered as integrated systems combining robotic platforms with AI software
2. Teleoperation Projects: Custom teleoperation solutions for remote operation of vehicles, machines, and robots in mining and industrial environments
3. Connectivity and Networks: Design, configuration, and implementation of communication network infrastructure for robotics and autonomous solutions
4. As a Service Solutions: Comprehensive hardware and software development under 'as a service' model including IoT, analytics, track and trace, electronic forms, and document tracking

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SK Godelius designs, configures, and implements robotic and Physical AI solutions for the mining industry. The company delivers end-to-end systems combining robotic platforms (legged, wheeled, tracked, aerial) with multimodal sensing, AI-driven software, and operational intelligence for autonomous inspection, teleoperation, and intelligent data collection in open-pit and underground mining environments.

Product overview

SK Godelius is a technology company with over 15 years of experience developing robotic and Physical AI solutions specifically for the mining industry. The company offers a portfolio of core products including Industrial Robotic Solutions for Unstructured Environments (featuring legged, wheeled, tracked, or aerial robots), the Conveyor Belt Automated Inspection System, and Geological and Environmental Autonomous Sampling systems (including the NOMAD platform). These products are complemented by a suite of services: Robotics and Automation, Teleoperation Projects, Connectivity and Networks, and Service Solutions delivered under an 'as a service' model. The company positions itself as delivering complete end-to-end systems that combine robotic platforms, multimodal sensing, AI-driven software, and operational intelligence. SK Godelius also offers TrueContext, a partner solution for electronic forms and low-code applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Robotic Solutions for Unstructured Environments

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% cost savings achievable through operational enhancements
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Autonomous Solutions Inc. Provider of unmanned vehicle systems for mining, agriculture, and defense, including autonomous haulage and industrial robotics. Comparable as an independent autonomy vendor addressing mining and heavy industry with similar teleoperation and vehicle-automation technology.
• RCT: Specialist in autonomous and remote operating technologies for mining equipment, including ControlMaster and autonomous haulage. Comparable as a focused autonomy vendor selling into the same mining customers with similar teleoperation and equipment-automation offerings.
• Exyn Technologies: Developer of autonomous aerial robotics for GPS-denied environments, including mining inspection and mapping. Comparable because it tackles the same GPS-denied autonomy problem in mining and competes for inspection and mapping budgets at mining enterprises.

Emerging players

• Inkonova: Swedish developer of aerial autonomous inspection and mapping solutions for underground mining and other GPS-denied environments. Comparable as a niche specialist addressing the same underground mining inspection and mapping problem with an overlapping product philosophy.
• Boston Dynamics: Provider of Spot, a quadruped robot increasingly deployed for industrial inspection in mining, utilities, and construction. Comparable as it brings legged autonomous inspection to the same asset-inspection workflows in heavy industry and mines.
• ANYbotics: Maker of ANYmal, a legged autonomous inspection robot used in industrial and mining sites for asset inspection. Comparable as an emerging specialist in autonomous robotic inspection for heavy industry, targeting the same predictive-maintenance and inspection use case as SK Godelius's conveyor belt and asset inspection systems.

Broad incumbents

• Hexagon: Provider of autonomous mining solutions, including HxGN Autonomous Mining for fleet and equipment autonomy across surface and underground operations. Comparable because it addresses the same digital and autonomy workflows in mining that SK Godelius targets with its inspection and teleoperation systems.
• Sandvik: Global mining and rock solutions OEM with its AutoMine autonomous and teleoperated equipment line, covering underground loaders, trucks, and drills. Comparable because it is the dominant incumbent selling autonomous mining systems directly to the same enterprise mining customer base that SK Godelius serves.
• Caterpillar: OEM of mining trucks and equipment with its Cat MineStar Command for autonomous haulage and drilling. Comparable because it brings autonomy to the same mining enterprises, often bundled with the underlying equipment, posing a competitive threat to independent autonomy specialists like SK Godelius.
• Komatsu: OEM with the FrontRunner autonomous haulage system and Smart Mining initiatives. Comparable because it competes for the same autonomous mining budget with full equipment + autonomy bundles that independent vendors must integrate with.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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