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Heavy Equipment Manufacturers Are Using Robotics to Change Crane Trucks

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A number of individuals have spoken about robotics with respect to heavy equipment. However, they typically consider autonomous mining vehicles, warehouse management systems, and construction machines.

The majority of these individuals overlook an extremely obvious shift that is taking place in truck mounted cranes. Crane trucks are becoming smart due to the advent of new technology to assist the operator by making his job safer.  [Read more…] about Heavy Equipment Manufacturers Are Using Robotics to Change Crane Trucks

Bedrock Robotics begins supervised autonomous excavation on live construction sites as it moves toward commercialization

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Bedrock Robotics says it has been conducting “the construction industry’s largest-known supervised autonomy deployment for mass excavation”, partnering with Sundt Construction on site preparation for a 130-acre domestic manufacturing facility.

On just this project alone, Bedrock’s autonomous systems have so far moved over 65,000 cubic yards by loading human-operated articulating dump trucks with the same workflow used in manual operations – a seamless integration that demonstrates a leap forward in commercial autonomous construction.

The company’s technology is now installed across multiple excavator models ranging from 20-ton to 80-ton machines, adapting its systems from compact units to large-scale earthmovers. [Read more…] about Bedrock Robotics begins supervised autonomous excavation on live construction sites as it moves toward commercialization

Autonomous Solutions Inc moves into construction sector with SoftBank backing

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Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI), or ASI Robots, an industrial vehicle automation specialist and developer of the Mobius autonomous fleet management system, has launched ASI Construction with SoftBank Group Corp.

ASI Construction is ASI’s new business unit, which focuses on automating construction equipment to address growing construction demand and a dwindling labor supply, alongside Agriculture, Logistics, and Landscaping.

Mel Torrie, ASI CEO, says: “ASI has been doing construction product development for 25+ years and counts John Deere, CNH, and other world leaders as its customers. [Read more…] about Autonomous Solutions Inc moves into construction sector with SoftBank backing