{"title":"Caterpillar Inc. vs John Deere: Field & outdoor compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/caterpillar-inc-vs-john-deere","comparison":"Caterpillar Inc. ranks 3 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 96; John Deere ranks 28 with 86. Caterpillar Inc. is ahead on deployment, progress, technology and leverage. Level on production, commercials, positioning and firepower. Caterpillar Inc. is based in Irving, United States, John Deere in Moline, United States. John Deere: Established. Caterpillar Inc. is named in 34 signals and John Deere in 25.","companies":[{"name":"Caterpillar Inc.","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/caterpillar-inc","city":"Irving","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":3,"score":96,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":10,"position":10,"progress":9,"firepower":10,"commercial":8,"deployment":10,"production":8,"technology":10},"why":"Caterpillar develops and deploys autonomous construction and mining equipment for jobsites, factories, and other outdoor worksites, including CivNav-guided machines and physical-AI systems.","segment":"Field & outdoor","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":34,"facts_total":10},{"name":"John Deere","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/john-deere","city":"Moline","country":"United States","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"John Deere is a US agricultural-machinery giant (FY26 net-income guidance $4.75-5B) putting autonomy kits on 8R/9R tractors and running See & Spray on ~1/3 of North American sprayer orders (~2x YoY), with 520M engaged acres in its Operations Center. It acquired GUSS Automation (August 2025), launched See & Scout, and raised FY26 guidance despite a large-ag downturn. It is scaling autonomy across an existing installed base.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Robotics","list":"Robotics 100","rank":28,"score":86,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":10,"progress":8,"firepower":10,"commercial":8,"deployment":8,"production":8,"technology":8},"why":"Through Bear Flag Robotics, GUSS Automation, and autonomous tractor initiatives, John Deere builds and deploys autonomous agricultural machinery for field and orchard operations.","segment":"Field & outdoor","layer":"Systems"},"signals_total":25,"facts_total":17}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}