Caterpillar has launched its remote control system for large excavator models into the North American and Japanese construction equipment markets. Designed to remove machine operators from dangerous ...

A heavy equipment operator uses a remote control to maneuver an excavator while working at the site of the Regent’s Slide on Highway 1. The innovative technology can both improve productivity and ...

Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon, announced a collaboration with Kobelco Construction Machinery, a leading provider of excavators and cranes, to develop integrated 2D and 3D machine control solutions ...

Radio-controlled Caterpillar Inc. excavators are helping clear rubble around the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. The remote-controlled technology allows an operator to ...

CPB Contractors, an Australian subsidiary of German-based Hochtief, said its JV with Italian civil engineering firm Ghella is using remote-control excavators to construct cross passages between the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Caltrans has a pair of big, new remote-control tools in its road-repair kit, and they’re being used for the first time as the ...