Category: GPS
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Waabi and Volvo Partner to Create Autonomous Transportation Solutions
Waabi, a company that creates generative AI for the physical world, has entered a strategic partnership with Volvo Autonomous Solutions for the joint development and deployment of autonomous trucks. The partnership combines Waabi’s generative AI with Volvo’s automation and safety design to unleash autonomous trucking and usher in a new era of safer, more efficient, and sustainable…
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Equipment Rental Trends, Telematics and Staying Competitive
United Rentals’ Work United Tour 2024 was host to construction customers across the country. The company took the opportunity to walk attendees through its latest worksite performance solutions, digital tools for productivity, and practical sustainability solutions. The event allowed attendees to experience worksite innovations by touring a demonstration worksite to see how connectivity helps manage…
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Topcon Expands Network Across US
Topcon Positioning Systems’ Topnet Live reference station network introduced 200 new geodetic stations positioned across the United States. This network upgrade expands the availability of advanced centimeter-level accuracy for precision-critical industries, including engineering, surveying, construction and agricultural sectors. The expansion delivers network corrections that operational workflows across multiple market segments. Beyond traditional applications, the infrastructure supports…
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Master Creep Control to Optimize the Efficiency of Your Compact Track Loader
Snow removal, landscaping and construction forums are full of discussions about how to keep attachments from clogging and grinding work to a halt. Any work that feeds material into the processing part of the attachment while the machine is moving — including snow blowers, flail mowers, cold planers, brooms, tillers and soil preparators — is…
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Trimble Tackles Tech and Autonomy Solutions
Trimble Dimensions 2024, held Nov. 11-13, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada, is an annual conference organized by software, hardware and services company Trimble, bringing together professionals across the geospatial, construction, agriculture and transportation industries. The three-day event featured keynote presentations, hands-on training, networking opportunities and exhibits showcasing the latest innovations and solutions in construction technology…
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Equipment Today’s 2025 Equipment Showcase
Submissions are now open for Equipment Today’s Annual Equipment Showcase, a special issue designed to highlight the latest and greatest equipment releases for the construction industry. Qualified product submissions come from equipment manufacturers and include assets in the following categories: earthmoving, attachments, lift equipment, worksite equipment, fleet management, trucks and transportation, roadbuilding and technology. All product…
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Deere Showcases Autonomous ADT Under Development at CES
In its quest to develop technologies to meet the challenges of modern jobsites, John Deere has developed an autonomous articulated dump truck for the construction industry. For years, Deere has been working on its cross-application rev2 platform, which incorporates autonomous technology into heavy equipment. Deere, long known for its green tractors and expertise in agriculture,…
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Automated Grade Control’s Steady Plow Toward Full Autonomy
It’s a bit of a stretch to realize zero human interaction in the operation of heavy construction equipment. However, make no mistake. The move is on to make it happen. An operator controls an excavator using a belly box.CaterpillarCaterpillar started its research on autonomous trucks in the 1990s, leading to the production of its first…