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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(TNS) — 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 agency works to clear a stubborn landslide that closed Highway 1 ...

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 ...

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 & ...

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.