C. Jason Smith, Ph.D. Nowadays, we call them the good old days. You remember – when jobs were predominately straight forward, and practically all job site problems could be cured with simple, common ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are taking the world by storm. More and more we are seeing everyday actions turned into digitally automated tasks. While the construction industry hasn’t ...

Earlier this year, Case Construction Equipment introduced factory fit machine control on M Series dozers. “We are now very pleased to announce our introduction of OEM fit machine control technology on ...

Guidance and precision control, the base elements of modern machine control for construction, have continued to evolve since broad productization began in the mid-1990s. However, the value proposition ...

All four manufacturers of asphalt milling machines remaining in North America (Astec’s Roadtec, BOMAG, Caterpillar, and Wirtgen) have made it easier for users to control milling depth by accepting the ...

Machine control systems, which combine positioning sensors — both GNSS receivers and inertial systems — with computer displays, give operators better insight into and control over their work. Whether ...