Bouygues Construction is set to trial remote and assisted driving of construction plant on a site in France next year.
Bouygues will carry out a three-year research and development programme with French remote driving specialist Lextan to trial the “industrialisation of construction sites”, aiming to simplify driving using smart and connected machinery. This will involve testing object recognition and an interactive dashboard on a site during 2021.
The two businesses previously worked together on a project in which a crane was operated from the ground.
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