Tag: Wirtgen AutoPilot Field Rover

Roadbuilding

25 Days of RollOuts: Wirtgen’s AutoPilot Field Rover eliminates stringlines

Wirtgen’s AutoPilot Field Rover, which won an innovation award at Bauma 2013, eliminates stringlines by using a GPS to guide paving machines instead. The device uses a computer integrated into the machine, GPS receivers mounted on the paver and a control panel. To create the stringline, the receivers communicate with GPS reference station, which measures […]

December 19, 2013

Roadbuilding

Better Roads 2013 Top RollOuts

Better Roads’ editors choose the year’s top products.

December 4, 2013

Roadbuilding

Bauma: A Shapshot

Here’s a brief look at Bauma’s major equipment introductions.

June 6, 2013

Roadbuilding

Wirtgen AutoPilot Field Rover eliminates stringlines

Wirtgen’s AutoPilot Field Rover, which won an innovation award at Bauma 2013, eliminates stringlines, using a GPS to guide paving machines instead, our sister site, Equipment World, reported. The device uses a computer integrated into the machine, GPS receivers mounted on the paver and a control panel. To create the stringline, the receivers communicate with […]

April 25, 2013

Gear

Wirtgen’s plug-and-play AutoPilot Field Rover eliminates stringlines

Last week, we told you about Wirtgen receiving an innovation award at the latest Bauma construction equipment show in Munich. We wrote in that post about why Bauma chose to give Wirtgen that award, but today we’ve got a bit more information about the product itself. Stringlines have been guiding paving machines for a long […]

April 25, 2013