The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has become increasingly important to the construction industry as some of the most advanced equipment technology is shown there first.
This year, Hyundai Construction Equipment and Hyundai Doosan Infracore, which are now sister subsidiaries of Hyundai Genuine, showcased their advanced smart construction solutions and future unmanned construction equipment under the theme of "Intelligent Robotics.”
The technology called Concept-X uses unmanned machines with autonomous guidance to create safer and more efficient construction sites. If some of this sounds familiar, you’re not mistaken. We first reported on Concept-X after seeing it demonstrated in South Korea in 2019. You can read about it and watch a cool video of the same here.
In 2020, ConExpo-Con/Agg attendees got a look at a static display of Doosan concept machine models that showed what the operator-less heavy equipment might look like.
A lot has happened in both companies since then. In August last year, the Hyundai Heavy Industries Group completed the acquisition of Doosan Infracore’s construction equipment business, boosting the companies into the ranks of the top 10 equipment OEMs in the world with combined sales of more than $10 billion.
That means both companies and their customers and dealers will benefit from future introductions of this kind of technology. Hyundai brings its own expertise to the table, being Korea’s largest manufacturer of industrial robots.
