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 ...

Caterpillar's Cat Command Remote Control is now available for the 374 and 395 crawler excavators and the D5, D6, and D7 crawler dozers. The system is designed to remove operators from potentially ...

The Shannon Solo Dumper is an easy-to-operate, remote-control, 4WD, high-tipper-dumper with a carrying capacity of 500 kg (1100 pounds) and remote-control-range of 100 metres. It has been so ...

On the 5th, at an apartment construction site in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province. Three tower cranes were moving reinforcing bars above the site where a 9-building, 880-household apartment complex was ...

COVID-19 made remote work and telecommuting a reality for millions of people across industries. But construction’s one of those fields that requires workers to be on-site, right? Maybe for certain ...

Today’s construction jobsites are more complex than ever. Contractors and project managers face a landslide of challenges, including tighter project timelines, rising labor shortages, the need for ...

image: A group of Japanese researchers developed a new concept construction robot for disaster relief situations. This robot has a double swing dual arm mechanism and has drastically improved ...