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Googleâs robot âreindeerâ make for one creepy sleighride
Google-owned robotics company Boston Dynamics has created quite the Christmas card, starring its (in)famous robot dog, known as Spot. In fact, there are three Spots in this short holiday greeting, dressed up as reindeer with Santaâs sleigh in tow. As have been most videos starring this creation, the latest one is slightly terrifying. As we reported back [âŚ]
December 23, 2015
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar says compact wheel loader is the fastest growing compact machine in North America
Compact wheel loaders have been the fastest growing compact machine in North America year, says B. J. Meier, senior product engineer, Caterpillar. As of early November, unit sales for these machines shot up 30 percent in 2015. Still, compact wheel loader sales in North Americaânow at 13 percent of the total global market for these [âŚ]
December 23, 2015
Technology
Collect equipment data easily and accurately on smartphones with Mobile Equipchat
Mobile Equipchat is an equipment dataÂtracking app recently launched by OEM Data Delivery. Available on Android devices and soon to be released for Apple products, it allows users to capture equipment data remotely through simple templates. With the app you can take equipment photos, capture signatures and stamp GPS locations. The templates give you lists [âŚ]
December 23, 2015
Safety
Excavator operator killed after machine becomes submerged in pond on Houston jobsite
An excavator operator was killed on a jobsite near Houston last week when his machine sunk in a retention pond. According to a report from KTRK TV, the unidentified worker was operating the excavator when mud beneath the machine gave way, causing it to become submerged in 12 feet of water. As you can see [âŚ]
December 23, 2015
Construction Equipment
This track loader with a mounted turbine water cannon is the ultimate firefighting robot (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
The newest weapon in Sydney, Australiaâs firefighting arsenal is part loader, part turbine engine. Itâs called the TAF20, short for Turbine Assisted Firefighting robot, and it was created by EMI Controls by mounting an âextinguishing turbineâ to a compact track loaderâs loader arms. According to the EMI website, the TAF20âs giant turbine âis fitted with [âŚ]
December 22, 2015
Construction Equipment
12th Day of Construction Gifts: LEGO Technic Bulldozer
There are few things more fun than unwrapping a LEGO kit for the holidays, sitting down with a glass of milk or coffee and a plate of cookies and spending a few hours building something cool with those little bricks. While this Technic Bulldozer kit isnât quite as intricate as last yearâs top gift pick, [âŚ]
December 22, 2015
Technology
Industrial analytics firm, Caterpillar partner Uptake named âHottest Startup of 2015â by Forbes
Even Forbes admits itâs a bit surprised to find Uptake, an analytics firm whose customers are entirely based in industrial markets, at the top of its âHottest Startups of 2015â list, besting tech darling Slack and consumer-facing companies such as Porch, PicsArt, Casper and even ride-sharing service Uber. The publication even wrote an article explaining the [âŚ]
December 22, 2015
Construction Equipment
Kobelco construction, crane businesses to merge
Parent Kobe Steel has announced that its Kobelco Construction Machinery and Kobelco Cranes subsidiaries will merge, effective April 1. The Kobelco construction equipment business spun off the crane business in 2004, after which the two companies focused on their individual global markets. Kobe Steel says it considers the merger ânecessary to further strengthen its business [âŚ]
December 22, 2015
Construction Equipment
The Gurkha is an armored, dune-hopping Ford F-550 used by law enforcement and militaries
Though armored personnel vehicles are typically not built atop a frame you can buy down at your local dealership, Canada-based Terradyne manufactures blast and bullet-tested armored vehicles built atop the Ford F-550 Super Duty. The Gurkha comes in three models all of which feature a 6.7 liter Power Stroke turbo diesel engine, a six-speed TorqShift automatic transmission [âŚ]
December 21, 2015
Construction Equipment
BKT managing director discusses differentiation in North American OTR tire market
Equipment World took the opportunity during a recent tour of BKT Industriesâ massive new tire plant in Bhuj, India, to sit down with Rajiv Poddar, BKT joint managing director, and discuss present opportunities and future moves. The $500 million plant in Bhuj has 72 acres under roof and features a 25-acre outdoor test track. It [âŚ]
December 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
Backhoe operator dies from injuries suffered in crash with semi truck
A veteran Indiana highway construction worker has died in the hospital three weeks after he was seriously injured when the he was opedaling was struck by a semi truck. According to The Star Press in Muncie, Indiana, Henry County Highway Department employee Robert Kirby was operating a backhoe Nov. 20 on a state road in New [âŚ]
December 21, 2015
Equipment Experts
Bobcat details new T770 loader, updates to S595 skid steer and MT85 ride-on track loader before World of Concrete debuts
Bobcat has announced that three of its new machines will make their public debuts at World of Concrete 2016, scheduled for February 2-5, and has provided us with a few details on these new loaders in advance of their official debut. We first got word of the T770 back in October when Bobcat announced engine updates [âŚ]
December 18, 2015
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