Drop in an operator.
Lift it out when the job's done.
Steady Eddie builds removable operators for industrial machines. A dock installs once at the operator station. An Eddie unit drops into the seat and works the machine's own joysticks, levers and pedals — the same controls your people use. The machine stays stock.
Excavators
Excavators
Wheel Loaders
Skid Steers
Compactors & Rollers
Tractors
Telehandlers
Motor Graders
Dozers
Compact Track LoadersTelehandlersExcavatorsThe operator is hardware.
The machine stays stock.
An Eddie is a removable machine operator — physical hardware, not a software add-on and not a rewiring kit. Every product is two pieces: a dock that installs once at the operator station of a specific machine, and an Eddie unit that drops into the seat when you need an operator and lifts back out when you don't.
Once docked, Eddie runs the machine the way a person does: its actuators work the machine's own joysticks, levers, pedals and switches — the stock controls the manufacturer put in the cab. It never plugs into the machine's electronics — no CAN bus, no ECU, no firmware, ever. Nothing is rewired, nothing is reflashed, no OEM sign-off is needed — and because Eddie never depends on the machine having electronics in the first place, it works on a new excavator and on decades-old iron alike.
Where the program stands, honestly: every product is a FIELD TEST engineering release — buildable, documented engineering running on the bench today, not certified product. No hardware ships today, and registering interest is exactly that — a registration of interest, not a purchase.
A Dock + An Eddie Unit
The dock installs once and stays with the machine. The Eddie unit locks into it in minutes — and one Eddie can move between every docked machine in the yard.
Stock Controls, Human Motions
Eddie drives the same joysticks, levers, pedals and switches your operators use — the same inputs, the same machine behaviour, with a manual release on every actuator.
Zero Electronic Integration
No CAN bus, no ECU, no PLC, no firmware — ever. Eddie never reads or writes the machine's electronics, so there is nothing to license, decode or negotiate with an OEM.
44 Products · 10 Families · 23 Brands
One engineered product per machine — SE-X001 to SE-X044 — spanning excavators, loaders, dozers, tractors, telehandlers, compactors and more.
You have the machines.
You can't always fill the seats.
Ask any fleet manager what limits production and the answer is the same: qualified operators. Machines sit parked because nobody is available to run them. Night shifts and weekend windows go unworked because nobody wants them.
And some seats — unstable ground, hot work, drop zones — you would rather no one sat in at all. Steady Eddie exists for the hours you can't staff and the seats you shouldn't.
No CAN bus. No ECU.
No firmware. Ever.
Eddie never plugs into the machine. It touches only what a human operator touches — the joysticks, levers, pedals and switches the manufacturer put there. There is no electronic integration of any kind, on any product, on any machine. That one rule is the whole architecture, and everything else on this site follows from it.
No OEM Software Fight
Nothing reads or writes the machine's electronics, so there is no OEM system to license, decode or negotiate access to. The manufacturer's software is simply not involved.
No Warranty Argument
The machine is not modified electronically. Your warranty posture with the dealer stays what it was the day before the dock went in.
No Dealer Dependency
No proprietary diagnostic tools, no OEM sign-off, no integration contract. Your own crew installs a dock, and the system is yours to run.
Works on the Fleet You Own
Older iron with no electronics at all is just as automatable as a new machine. If it has controls a human can work, Eddie can work them.
Five steps. All mechanical.
A Human Starts the Machine
Every session begins the way it always has: with the operator. A human walks around the machine, completes their own pre-start inspection, starts it themselves and clears it for operation. Only after that does Eddie engage the controls — every time, on every package.
The Dock Installs Once
A passive dock mounts at the operator station. It installs once and stays with the machine. No wiring into the machine — the dock is hardware, not integration.
Eddie Drops In
When you need the seat filled, an Eddie unit lifts into the cab, sets into the dock and locks. Minutes, not a retrofit project.
Eddie Works the Stock Controls
Actuators move the machine's own joysticks, levers and pedals — the same motions, the same inputs, the same machine behaviour as a human operator. Every actuator carries a manual release.
Eddie Lifts Out
When the work is done, Eddie lifts out. The seat is clear, the machine is stock, and your operator climbs back in. One Eddie can move between every docked machine in the yard.
Find your machines
in the catalogue.
The catalogue runs SE-X001 to SE-X044 — one product per machine, each with its own dock geometry, actuator fit and control map. It spans 23 brands, from compact track loaders to terminal tractors.
All 44 are GOLD STANDARD engineering-complete today. If you run any of the families below, there is a product number with your machine on it.
Documented to the bolt.
Behind every released SE-X number is a complete GOLD STANDARD engineering package — CAD, BOM, dimensioned drawings, electrical and software design, manuals and a brochure. All 44 products carry that full package today. Two of the 44 — SE-X001 and SE-X006 — have also passed full independent technical and safety review.
Every unit in the catalogue — all 44 — runs on the bench at Steady Eddie today. Each released package is FIELD TEST-labeled: proven on the bench, not yet verified in service on a customer's machine.
Every GOLD STANDARD product carries its own brochure, and nine live, browser-based 3D deployment simulations cover the fleet, family by family — run one right now.
Full CAD Part Families
Complete part and assembly models for the dock, the fit kit and the actuator set — machine-specific geometry, not a generic bracket.
Harness Sets
Defined harness sets for Eddie's own systems — power, sensing and E-stop network. All of it Eddie-side; none of it touches the machine's electrics.
Drawing Sets
Dimensioned drawing sets for every part family — the documents a machine shop builds from and an inspector checks against.
Install & Commissioning Manuals
A written install and commissioning manual for each machine, from dock mounting to control-map checks — written for the crew that will do the work.
The bench work is done.
Your fleet is next.
The system runs today on bench and lab machines at Steady Eddie. Field deployment on working fleets is the next step — and the fleets that talk to us now are the fleets we build for first. Tell us what you run.
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