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Dear Readers, DigiMessenger You are currently reading the 3rd issue of our bilingual e-magazine DigiMessenger, Issue 3, September 2020 this time focused on the construction aggregate sector. See the overview of new A publication of LECTURA GmbH mobile crushers and screeners on page 13. We also conducted exclusive interviews Picture on the cover: Komatsu with market leaders from the demolition & wheeled excavator PW158-11 recycling market that stated their opinions on the current status of the industry and outlined possible future development of this sector.
If you are a fan of giant machines, have a look at the World’s Top 10 biggest mining dump trucks on page 15. Autonomous machines draw a lot of attention and the construction industry provides a good opportunity for their usage. The editor’s essay on page 6 is dedicated LECTURA GmbH to this topic. Moreover, the selection of articles published on LECTURA Press and additional content awaits you on the following Address pages. Verlag + Marketing Service Ritter-von-Schuh-Platz 3 I hope that everyone finds a piece of interesting reading inside this 90459 Nürnberg issue. Enjoy! CEO, sales Patrik Eder Petr Thiel Editor [email protected]
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Autonomous construction machines: A dream or reality? By Patrik Eder · September 29, 2020
The regular usage of autonomous construction machines is something very promising yet quite far from standard and availability. Although some companies already presented and successfully tested a number of autonomous machines for the use in the construction industry, there are still some remaining
issues and processes that Volvo Concept Wheel Loader ZEUX need to be dealt with in order to see a frequent deployment operators in those regions. Of key categories of machines of autonomous machines course, contractors can bring regarding full autonomy. In order at construction jobsites operators from other regions, but to provide as much productivity throughout the world. the travelling costs are significant as possible, the autonomous and, therefore, autonomous machines need to be able to As you probably noticed, machines can be used as a communicate and work with the construction industry is, part of the solution, especially each other and all the people similarly to the automotive for repetitive jobs at remote at the jobsite. The machine to sector, trying to take a leap locations with labour shortage. machine communication can from automation to autonomy. be demonstrated, for example, According to statistics, there Some people may be afraid as two compactors and a dozer, are currently more than 100,000 that autonomous machines telling each other where to move construction machines equipped will eliminate jobs. This opinion next on the jobsite and what with some kind of a machine may be partially true, however, processes to do. An interesting control system. These systems the engineers of autonomous option seems to be the usage are continuously monitoring machines stated that the main of drones that could fly over the the machine’s status and purpose of “off-highway robots” jobsite and help with tracing and collecting important data about is to assist people with repetitive choosing the right path for the productivity, maintenance, or jobs (especially in remote areas) machinery. location. This is basically a pre- in order to maintain the optimal step to full autonomy. workflow and reliability. On the The second example can be an other hand, more sophisticated autonomous mining haul truck Skilled labour shortage and value-added jobs should be and a large crawler excavator still done by skilled operators working together in a mine It is not a big secret that who are, after all, faster and more or quarry. The excavator will many contractors around the precise than machines. measure, how much material world lack skilled operators. can it place into the haul truck in The situation is even worse One machine is not enough as less scoops as possible, and in developing countries with the haul truck will know exactly increased demand for work. It is The experts agree that where to unload the material pretty hard or sometimes even compactors, dozers, and and which path to choose impossible to find enough skilled excavators should be the considering all safety measures.
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Komatsu leads the way
The Japanese company Komatsu is the real pioneer in the development of autonomous systems. In 2008, Komatsu launched its first Autonomous Haulage System (AHS), installed within its electric drive haul trucks. The AHS haul trucks are equipped with precise navigation satellite positioning systems paired with advanced sensors. Integrated controllers enable remote control of the machine from a distance and therefore a single operator is able to handle multiple machines or even the entire fleet. Komatsu Innovative Autonomous Haulage Vehicle by Komatsu (Photo: AltitudeArts.com) states that there are currently The second benefit comes from there are still some issues that more than 150 AHS trucks in preventive healthcare as machine prevent the autonomous machines operation in 9 mine sites around operators often face chronic health from regular deployment – the world that hauled over 2 billion issues as they are being frequently especially the security. Such tons of material altogether. exposed to vibrations, dust, and machines need to be 100% reliable shock. The usage of autonomous in terms of where to go, when to Cost savings and preventive machines can prevent those stop, what to do and shutdown healthcare problems that mostly occur during when necessary. Moreover, repetitive jobs and activities. manufacturers must also consider As already demonstrated by the risk of being hacked and Komatsu, a huge advantage for Conclusion therefore provide appropriate in- the contractor using a fleet of built security measures. I believe autonomous machines is the Today, fully autonomous that once the engineers solve the fact that one operator is able construction machines draw a mentioned security and technical to control simultaneously more lot of attention. Contractors and issues, we can expect a more machines, which are able to work construction companies see a lot frequent deployment of fully 24/7. This leads to major cost of potential in their usage including autonomous machines at jobsites savings compared to having each solutions to skilled labour shortage all around the world. machine run by an operator/driver. and repetitive jobs. Nevertheless, Essay Sources
1. Moore, Paul. Komatsu haul truck autonomy goes cabless
2. Komatsu America. AUTONOMOUS HAULAGE SYSTEM
3. Volvo CE. Volvo CE and LEGO® Technic introduce ZEUX
4. Welles, Holly. The Future of Autonomous Construction Equipment Autonomous excavator concept art by GilesMolloy
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