Caterpillar continues to build out the remote operation capabilities of its earthmover lineup with the introduction of Cat Command for Excavating, which adds remote-control operating capabilities to ...

Komatsu has announced a fully electric (non-hydraulic drive) remote-controlled mini excavator powered by a lithium-ion battery, as its next-generation concept machine for the future. The manufacturer ...

New machine combines features of two excavators into a unit capable of handling a 4.4-ton multi-processor attachment without exceeding a gross weight of 27.5 tons Birmingham, UK-based Coleman & ...

Komatsu will demonstrate how it can “teleoperate” an excavator loading its autonomous concept truck during MINExpo. The demonstration will highlight the company’s “in-development capabilities to help ...

JCB has developed a 21-tonne, remote-controlled excavator. The British equipment manufacturer built the one-of-a-kind JS220LC for Birmingham-based contractor, Coleman & Company, integrating a ...

If planting bulbs, clearing weeds, and watering sounds more like torture than a relaxing pastime, maybe you’ve just been gardening with the wrong tools. A Nigerian man built his own remote control ...

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 ...

Currently, when the rubble at disaster sites is being moved, ordinary construction equipment is used. Scientists at several Japanese universities, however, are working on something more task-specific.

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 ...