By now most everyone has seen publicity about autonomous machinery working at mines around the world, but remote-control technology on a smaller scale can have a home much closer to home—it is ...

While autonomous technology tends to get more buzz, major strides are also being made in remote operation of construction equipment. The potential to control equipment of all types and sizes from a ...

Swedish telecom companies Telia and Ericsson are teaming with Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) to launch Sweden’s first 5G network for industrial use at Volvo CE’s facility in Eskilstuna, ...

Longtime operators of offroad construction equipment may be extremely facile with travel sticks and pedals or levers for blades, booms and end effectors. But an expert operator in every cab is already ...

Topcon Positioning Systems has announced new 3D machine control technologies, functionalities, and safety features for earthmoving and paving applications, as well as geomatic technologies for ...

ZOETERMEER, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Machine control – the automation of construction equipment – is key to attracting new talent and addressing the skills shortage in the sector, according to ...

At the core of Topcon’s heavy equipment ecosystem is 3D-MC, a machine control environment that delivers precision, real-time guidance and automation for excavation, grading, paving, milling, and other ...

Once the preserve of mini-cranes and loader cranes the use of the remote control of cranes is being adopted across the ...

No audio available for this content. Guidance and precision control, the base elements of modern machine control for construction, have continued to evolve since broad productization began in the ...