Professor Paul Newman, the co-founder of Oxbotica, the autonomous vehicles software company, spoke on behalf of Volvo CE regarding what “automation” might mean in terms of construction equipment in a recent article. Newman is also the BP professor of Informational Engineering at the University of Oxford. According to Newman, the urge to automate machines in construction is less about the machines themselves, and more about “supercharging humans.” When machines can do more on site, humans can as well. For full vehicle autonomy in the future, Newman said the industry needs to trust machines to be able to operate effectively by themselves, with no dependence on infrastructure, or external systems READ HERE
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