The silver lot at Conexpo is loud, busy, and full of awesome yellow iron. I know this because the Construction Equipment crew spent serious time exploring the massive John Deere booth this week — the ...

Wheeled excavators tout a number of benefits, from simplified transport, decreased maintenance and can be used in a variety of applications, from digging and craning to vegetation management. During ...

Researchers from Baidu Research Robotics and Auto-Driving Lab (RAL), Sunnyvale, California, and the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, have introduced an autonomous excavator system (AES) ...

Unique features address the challenges of using compact excavators indoors or in confined spaces. These include foldable ROPS, variable-width undercarriages, non-marking tracks, air ...

These walking excavators can safely and efficiently operate on rocks, in mud, snow and water up to five feet deep and can install SuperNails, SuperMicropiles, rock bolts and tension anchors on slopes ...

As fun as operating heavy machinery looks, complex machines like excavators require a trained and skilled operator to get a job done quickly and safely. But as the pool of trained operators continues ...

In an era where electricity is the backbone of modern society, power line maintenance and modernization are paramount. Historically reliant on manual labor and heavy machinery, this sector has faced ...

CNH Industrial brand CASE Construction Equipment has added two new midi excavators to its equipment range, the CX85E and CX90E. The new excavators are built for heavy-duty performance, maximise ...

A prototype of an autonomous construction vehicle weighing 12 tonnes has demonstrated that it can operate on very difficult terrain without a human operator. A Swiss-German team has become the first ...