A heavy equipment operator uses a remote control to maneuver an excavator while working at the site of the Regent’s Slide on Highway 1. The innovative technology can both improve productivity and ...

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 & ...

(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 ...

Caltrans has released video of the remote-controlled equipment that has been deployed at the site of the Regent’s Slide on Highway 1. The agency is using two remote-controlled bulldozers and one ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Let’s say you want to dig yourself up a little garden or terrorize the local rodentia. Or both! Well, meet the EC280 Excavator. It’s a tiny little monster with a kickass demo soundtrack. Everything ...

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 ...

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 near Big ...