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Monarch Tractor introduces fully electric, autonomous tractor
Monarch Tractor has introduced the world’s first fully electric, driver optional, smart tractor integrated on a single platform, combining electrification, automation, machine learning, and data analysis to enhance farmer’s existing operations, increase labor productivity and safety, and maximize yields to cut overhead costs and emissions. “Monarch Tractor is ushering in the digital transformation of farming […]
December 14, 2020
Technology
Trimble buys MidStates VRS, increases VRS Now GNSS corrections footprint
Trimble has acquired MidStates VRS from Butler Machinery and Frontier Precision. The addition of the North and South Dakota network increases the footprint of Trimble’s VRS Now GNSS corrections service to cover more than 1 million square miles in North America. VRS Now is a corrections service aimed at the agricultural, geospatial and construction markets. […]
September 15, 2020
Autonomous
How Doosan’s autonomous Concept-X construction machines work and why they will be necessary
Back in November the operator of a Doosan excavator put his machine in idle, got out of the cab and walked away. Moments later the excavator’s bucket raised up off the dirt. The machine turned around and proceeded to dig a trench and load an articulated truck—all without an operator in the cab. The demonstration […]
January 17, 2020
Autonomous
How Komatsu’s autonomous haul trucks work and what it takes to implement the technology at a working mine
Komatsu’s Autonomous Haulage System is expected to hit a major milestone: billions of metric tons of material moved with these AHS trucks. Learn more here.
October 3, 2018
Roadbuilding
Tempe Police: Autonomous Uber operator was watching “The Voice”, had time to avoid deadly collision
An Uber driver operating in autonomous mode was streaming “The Voice” when her Volvo fatally struck and killed a homeless woman pushing a bicycle across a dimly lit street in Tempe, Arizona, last March. That’s according to a newly released 318-page police report. It details subpoenas used to get information from Hulu, Google and other […]
June 29, 2018
Roadbuilding
New AASHTO president hopes to work with Trump on infrastructure
Tennessee Transportation Commissioner John Schroer has been elected the new president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ board of directors. Schroer said he hopes to lead AASHTO’s efforts to work with the Trump administration and Congress to enact an infrastructure package and a new long-term transportation reauthorization bill. The impacts of […]
October 2, 2017
Roadbuilding
Google’s autonomous car (sort of) causes its first fender bender
For likely the first time in history, an autonomous car has caused a traffic accident. Well, it’s at least partially at fault. According to Forbes, a Lexus model Google car was driving in Mountain View, California on a public street when it approached a intersection that had some sandbags near a storm drain. The Google car switched lanes […]
March 3, 2016
Roadbuilding
Majority of Americans believe driverless cars are unsafe, survey finds
The thought of being driven down a highway by a computer inside your car still worries most Americans. Autonomous vehicles are coming in the next few decades, but the majority of folks aren’t quite ready for the future, a new poll has found. According to the poll from Morning Consult, 51 percent of nearly 2,000 registered voters […]
February 9, 2016
Roadbuilding
Look Ma, No Hands: A car that drives itself
Oh, wouldn’t it be nice to have a car that drives without assistance? Sure, you can hire a chauffeur so you don’t have to drive, but I’m talking about a car that actually drives itself. No chauffeur needed. This idea is reality. It’s not in the mainstream or on the market yet, but on September […]
September 9, 2013
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