Truck & Off-Highway Engineering - December 2023 - 10

TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS
" With Teleo, two of our dump trucks
that have been idle will be put back into
service to haul dirt across the site autonomously,
allowing our remote operators
to do more. This will help us to run
a more efficient operation. "
Teleo has been testing its autonomous
capabilities on two John Deere 333G
Compact Track Loader skid steers at its
Pleasanton, California, proving grounds
and on a Komatsu WA500 wheel loader
moving dirt at the Ouluzone racetrack
property in Finland, which is affiliated
with the University of Oulu.
Autonomous retrofits
gaining ground
The eight new customers will deploy the
42 new Teleo-enabled machines on 17
jobsites across eight U.S. states and
Europe. Teleo will retrofit machines across
brands such as Caterpillar, Komatsu, John
Deere and Volvo for remote and autonomous
operations. The machines will range
in model year from 2005 to 2022. Teleo
plans to have 20 machines on customer
sites by the end of 2023.
Ajax Paving will outfit two new
Caterpillar wheel loaders with Teleo's
technology. These loaders will be stationed
at two of the company's asphalt
manufacturing plants to load the bins.
The plants are roughly 80 miles (129
km) apart, marking the first time one
operator will work across two jobsites,
Teleo claims.
" The asphalt industry operates on
tight schedules, " said Andy DeCraene,
Vice President, Ajax Paving. " When our
customers require asphalt, we must deliver
promptly, making it imperative for
our machines and operators to remain
available. Allowing one operator to control
machines at multiple sites is a significant
advantage. If an operator is unavailable
at one site, another can operate the
machine remotely. This is a genuine
game changer for our business. "
Teleo also recently demonstrated its
Supervised Autonomy capability, which
reportedly enables remote and semiautonomous
operations of any make
and model of heavy construction equipment.
From Dallas, Texas, the company
operated machines at both its
Pleasanton, Calif., proving ground and
the Ouluzone worksite in Finland.
Dallas-to-Finland is the world's longest
supervised autonomous operation in
history, according to Teleo.
The demonstration also marked the
Teleo demonstrated what it claims is the world's longest point-to-point operation of remotecontrolled
and semi-autonomous heavy construction equipment.
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first time that remote operators working
from a control center could operate
up to three Teleo-equipped machines.
Ryan Gehm
TRUCK & OFF-HIGHWAY ENGINEERING
Eight new customers
will deploy 42 Teleoenabled
machines
on jobsites across
eight U.S. states and
Europe. The machines
range in model year
from 2005 to 2022.
BOTH IMAGES: TELEO

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