Pronto Review 2026: Camera-Based Autonomous Haulage for Quarries and Mines

Updated October 13, 2026 – Tested Intelligence

Quick verdict: Pronto does one job and does it at production scale: haul trucks that drive themselves between the loader and the dump point. Its camera-and-AI system retrofits existing trucks, avoids a lidar-heavy setup, and is rolling out to more than 100 trucks for Heidelberg Materials. If you do not run a quarry or mine haul fleet, it is not for you. Pricing is not public.

What it is

Pronto builds an Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) for off-road trucks working in mines, quarries and large construction sites. Instead of building a new autonomous truck, Pronto retrofits the trucks a site already runs. The vendor positions the system as deliberately simple to deploy: advanced AI combined with a hardened camera system, rather than the costly radar and lidar stacks used by larger mining autonomy systems, with deployment measured in weeks in its announcements.

The production proof is in aggregates. Heidelberg Materials reported autonomously hauling more than two million tons at its Lake Bridgeport quarry in Texas, and agreed to deploy Pronto AHS to more than 100 trucks across sites worldwide. Equipment World also reported Bell Trucks America partnering with Pronto to offer its A-to-B autonomous haulage on new and existing Bell trucks through Bell’s dealer network in the US and Mexico. Komatsu’s Smart Quarry Autonomous offer in North America is likewise powered by Pronto, per the partners’ announcements.

For the operator, haulage becomes supervised work – watching the fleet and handling exceptions – instead of driving every cycle.

Key features

• Autonomous Haulage System retrofitted onto existing haul trucks – OEM-agnostic in partner offers
• Camera-and-AI navigation designed for dynamic quarry environments, without rigid pre-mapping in the vision-only configuration
• Dynamic zone management: trucks adapt to changing loading and dumping points (vendor report from Lake Bridgeport)
• Safety coordination with manned vehicles using lightweight Rover transponders (vendor report)
• Proven at production scale: 2 million tons hauled autonomously at one Texas quarry (Heidelberg Materials figure)
• Available paths through Heidelberg Materials sites, Komatsu Smart Quarry Autonomous and Bell Trucks dealers

Pricing

Pricing is not public. No per-truck price, subscription or deployment fee is published. Pronto claims a lower deployment cost than complex sensor-based rivals, but that is a vendor claim to test in a quote – price the full package: retrofit, site setup, supervision staffing, support and any production commitments, against cost per ton hauled and the driver hours you cannot fill today.

Who it’s for

Quarry, aggregates and mining operators running repeated haul cycles with rigid or articulated trucks – especially multi-site producers who can standardise on one system. It is also for sites where the haul road is the risk and the bottleneck: consistent cycles, day after day, with fewer people exposed in the pit. Supervising operators and dispatch-minded crew benefit most.

Who should skip it

General earthmoving contractors. Pronto does not dig, grade or load – it hauls. If your trucks run public roads, varied short tips, or a handful of cycles a day, autonomous haulage economics will not stack up. Small single-truck operations should also skip it: the system is built for fleets and repeated routes.

Pros

• Production-validated in quarries, not just pilot demonstrations
• Retrofit, camera-based approach aims for fast, lower-complexity deployment
• Multiple routes to buy: OEM and dealer partnerships, not just direct pilots
• Consistent autonomous cycles can cut fuel use and tyre wear (vendor-reported at Lake Bridgeport)

Cons

• No public pricing
• Haulage only – no help with excavation, grading or loading
• Economics need fleet scale and repeated routes to work
• Access may depend on your OEM, dealer or producer relationship

FAQ

What trucks does Pronto work with?

Existing haul trucks through retrofit, with partner offers covering Bell trucks and Komatsu quarry trucks, plus Heidelberg Materials’ mixed fleet deployment in Texas. Confirm your truck model.

Does Pronto use lidar?

Its best-known configuration is vision-based – cameras and AI without lidar, radar or rigid pre-mapping, per the Lake Bridgeport reports. Other configurations for more demanding mining work have been described in trade coverage.

How much does Pronto cost?

Pricing is not public. Expect a negotiated fleet or site deployment quote.

Bottom line

Pronto is the haul-road specialist: proven tonnage, big-producer backing and a simpler sensor story than old-school mining autonomy. For quarry and mine fleets struggling to staff haul trucks, it is one of the few autonomous systems you can point to already earning its keep – priced, as ever here, by quote only.