Looking at the offerings from equipment manufacturers on display at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG show, held in Las Vegas on March 10-13, it would be easy to assume it was all about the bigger and stronger machines. But long-promised technologies that could change the way these machines operate are fast becoming commercial offerings.
“To further unlock the benefits of connectivity, we’re developing simpler ways to generate measurement data,” says Rod Schrader, chairman and CEO of Komatsu America. The company is launching a suite of services aimed at expanding on its line of intelligent earthmoving machines’ 3D grade-control capabilities. Remote loading of design files and remote viewing of what the operator is seeing are part of the package, as well as fully integrated data from regular drone flyovers.