The data card, which contains the digital terrain model (DTM), is placed into the machine-control system's computer. The next step is to "localize" or "calibrate" the system by instructing it to ...

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 ...

Machine control technologies range from 2D and 3D grade control to automation, robotic control, and augmented reality. GPS/3D control – eliminating the need for placing stringline by hand – is ...

Piloting a fighter jet, removing a brain tumor, programing a particle accelerator, and operting a hydraulic excavator all require a high level of skill. Quick thinking, eye-hand coordination, and ...

The lack of young talent entering the construction industry and an exodus of veteran operators retiring or moving to a different career have created a shortage of experienced, skilled labor. Quality ...

Under the intelligent gaze of a Trimble robotic total station, A Propst Construction (Concord, N.C.) motor grader, operated by Raymond McDonald, blades off a treated and compacted base for new lanes ...