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+-   The world's heaviest robot on Friday November 07 2008, @02:24PM Roland Piquepaille

Submitted by Roland Piquepaille on Friday November 07 2008, @02:24PM
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Roland Piquepaille writes "This distinction goes to a future autonomous version of the 700-tons Caterpillar mining truck. In this article, Discovery News reports that Caterpillar engineers and computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University have teamed up to develop this autonomous truck. Japan-based Komatsu already has already delivered autonomous mining trucks to its customers, but these are smaller than the Caterpillar ones. Both companies are transforming their trucks into 'robots' for three reasons. Improvements in safety, efficiency and productivity will reduce costs and increase availability. But read more for additional references and a picture of the gigantic Caterpillar 797B mining truck."
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