Waterproof position sensors on the boom, stick and bucket track their motions and integrate with GPS positioning so excavators can grade the canal floor 25 feet under the surface. Blue Goose ...

Topcon's Millimeter GPS machine-control system enhances the vertical-measurement capability of its conventional RTK GPS-based systems. The new system supplements the RTK setup with a laser signal ...

For Jon Rood, GPS systems are high-value tools. Prior to owning GPS systems to control his earthmoving equipment, his firm had averaged $1.5 million to $2 million in annual revenues. Then that changed ...

Construction technology company Topcon, which specializes in imaging and digital tools, has announced expanded capabilities for its machine control functionality. This is one of many announcements ...

LIVERMORE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Topcon Positioning Systems has announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Vemcon GmbH, a specialist in smart excavator attachments and 2D ...

Topcon Positioning’s GX-55 control box for machine-controlled excavation is now available in the Americas. With the release of the GX-55, Topcon adds three new 2D and 3D systems to its line of ...

Excavator automation system uses same components as original 3D aftermarket grade indicator to control depth of excavation and bucket angle automatically The X-53x Automatic Excavator system allows ...

Topcon Positioning Systems has signed a memorandum of understanding with Vemcon to enhance the availability of advanced excavator technology solutions in the Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) ...

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Lasers have become common in surveying and construction work but PPI Survey & Laser Equipment in Kent is using lasers in uncommon ways, dramatically changing how contractors, engineers and heavy ...

The collaboration would bring together complementary strengths from both organizations: Vemcon’s expertise in 2D assistance systems that work with smart attachments, and Topcon’s advanced 3D machine ...