Analysis Korea Is Funding the Simulator Before the Autonomous Excavator. The Hard Part Is the Dirt. HD Hyundai XiteSolution said on 25 October it will lead a government-funded consortium building a high-precision digital twin platform for AI-driven unmanned excavators, on a 6.33 billion won budget running to December 2029. The component list is the tell: hydraulics, multibody dynamics, powertrains — and the interaction between the machine and the soil. Hugo Pegley · Oct 27, 2026