TECHNOLOGY

Boosting robot vision

ONE of the tools Caterpillar believes has helped it steal a march on its competitors in the autonomous haulage space has been the development of its own light detection and ranging system.

The LiDAR sensor Caterpillar built.

The LiDAR sensor Caterpillar built.

That new LiDAR will be available for customer to upgrade their existing LiDARs by the first quarter of 2019. The company claims its LiDAR allows its haul trucks to operate at full haulage speeds while...

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