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The Dirt
How Spot the Robot Dog Got a Job in Construction | The Dirt #17
Boston Dynamics and Trimble leaders discuss Spot the robot dog and the future of robotics in construction on this episode of The Dirt. Watch it here on Equipment World.
November 23, 2020
Technology
Want to buy a robot to rove your construction site? Spot is now for sale
Boston Dynamics announced last year that robot Spot is available for sale to rove your construction site.
July 14, 2020
ConExpo-Con/Agg
No Base Station? No Problem. Trimble SPS986 and CenterPoint RTX corrections give you a go-anywhere GPS rover
Trimble creates a cost-efficient solution for those interested in a GPS rover for site surveys and more. Get all the details about it on Equipment World.
April 17, 2020
Construction Equipment
Top 5 Machine & Tool Launches From World of Concrete 2020
The annual World of Concrete show recently wrapped up in Las Vegas and we’ve got the five most important announcements and machine launches right here in one video. Check it out above and be sure to view our full videos on the machine and tool launches mentioned in this video below the break.   […]
February 21, 2020
Dealers
Equipment Roundup: The Autonomous Rebar Tying Robot (VIDEO); Mack MD Series trucks walkaround; JCB intros smaller, tracked Teleskid; 25-lb. Vacuworx PHD lifts 2,500 lbs. (VIDEO); Polaris intros new jobsite-ready Pro XD UTVs
Polaris intros new gas-powered models for its Pro XD line of UTVs Polaris is now offering gas-powered models of its Pro XD utility task vehicles, a follow-up to 2018’s launch of the diesel Pro XDs. The new gas-powered UTVs are similar to the diesel models, including seating for two to four riders, depending on the […]
February 17, 2020
Technology
Romu the construction robot drives sheet piling autonomously, works in concert with other robots to swarm the jobsite
Construction robot drives its own sheet piles into the ground by itself. See how this construction robot completes its tasks on the construction site here.
April 8, 2019
Safety & Compliance
Hyundai developing an exoskeleton to give wearers Iron Man-like strength
While Hyundai’s robotic “Iron Man” exoskeleton won’t allow the workers it’s being designed for to take flight through rockets on the soles of the suit’s metal feet, it will drastically increase their strength. Detailed in a blog post and translated by the fine people at Mashable, Hyundai makes several mentions of Marvel’s Armored Avenger, pointing […]
June 22, 2016
Technology
AI, robotics expected to claim nearly 500,000 construction jobs by 2020
An estimated 5.1 million jobs are expected to be lost in the next five years due to advances in technology, specifically those in artificial intelligence, machine-learning, 3D printing and robotics, according to a report from the World Economic Forum. Of those job losses, construction and extraction are anticipated to account for nearly 10 percent. The […]
January 25, 2016
Technology
A team of robotic cranes, or “Crabots,” will help Google build its new HQ
Not content to simply redefine the definition of “office space” in general, Google also plans to create a new category of construction equipment in the building of its recently-announced corporate headquarters update. The updated campus will be defined by giant see-through canopies that, like greenhouses, house green spaces and offices that can be easily be moved around and […]
March 11, 2015
Workforce
GM’s FIRST Competition teaches kids to build, battle robots to build interest in STEM careers
What do you do with kids who think math and science are boring? Give them a pile of parts, some software and computers, and let them build a robot. That in a nutshell is the FIRST Competition, a nationwide program put together by General Motors that’s meant to fire up the imaginations of kids and […]
August 23, 2013
Home
Japan leads world in robots
The country has 295 robots for every 10,000 manufacturing workers, ten times as many as the world average. Singapore and South Korea come in second and third. The United States rates ninth with 86 robots per 10,000 workers. If you’re a small-time manufacturer or even a contractor with a lot of repetitive metal fabrications to […]
January 15, 2010
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