Piloting a fighter jet, removing a brain tumor, programing a particle accelerator, and operting a hydraulic excavator all require a high level of skill. Quick thinking, eye-hand coordination, and ...

Komatsu America Corp. has launched the PC210LCi-11 intelligent machine control hydraulic excavator. This second-generation PC210LCi leverages the proven track record and success of the pioneering ...

Although global positioning system (GPS) technology has been around since the mid-90s, it's really taken off in the construction industry during the last few years. One reason for that, says Fred ...

Combining GPS tracking with digital plan data, the 3D-GPS system allows the operator to grade any design surface within a few centimeters' accuracy. The software has a single or multiple design axis ...

The integration allows operators to use Leica’s 3D machine control functions alongside existing Develon 2D technologies.

Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, and Doosan, a global industry leader in the engineering, manufacturing and marketing of compact and heavy construction equipment, announced the release of a ...

Scott Hagemann, Caterpillar application specialist for machine control and guidance, believes contractors should no more use excavators without GPS grade control on a site where dozers or graders are ...

Develon, with North American headquarters in Suwanee, Georgia, and Switzerland-based Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, have ...

Develon and Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, have announced that the Leica MC1 3D machine control solution is now available ...

CM Labs Simulations, a vendor for simulation-based training solutions in the ports, construction and utilities industries, announced an update to its Tracked Excavator add-on module featuring Trimble ...

Guidance and precision control, the base elements of modern machine control for construction, have continued to evolve since broad productization began in the mid-1990s. However, the value proposition ...

Liebherr Gen 8 dozers now integrate with Unicontrol for simple, cost-effective 3D grade control on new or retrofit machines.