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In Japan, Drones Guide Robot Trucks at Construction Sites

October 27, 2015 by Mateus Andrade in Innovation

Japan’s Komatsu makes construction equipment, and has for almost a century. Construction vehicles are nothing without people to drive them--or at least they used to be. As either an alternative to rising labor costs or simply a solution when workers aren’t available, Komatsu now makes construction vehicles that can drive themselves. To get the most out of these self-driving machines, Komatsu recently paired with American dronemaker Skycatch with a plan to have drones survey and map construction sites, and then have unmanned bulldozers and other vehicles go to work.

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Written by Kelsey D. Atherton for Popular Science
 

October 27, 2015 /Mateus Andrade
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