Oct. 16, 2018
Komatsu Ltd. (President and CEO: Tetsuji Ohashi)
(hereafter "Komatsu") is participating in "CEATEC JAPAN
2018" for the first time. In this four-day event held in Makuhari Messe
from October 16 to 19, Komatsu is introducing new challenges taken up by its
SMARTCONSTRUCTION under the theme of safer, more productive and smart
construction jobsites of the future.
In 2015 Komatsu embarked on SMARTCONSTRUCTION, a
solutions business designed to improve the safety and productivity of
construction jobsite operations by connecting information related to jobsites,
i.e., man and things (machines, earth, etc.). It has deployed SMARTCONSTRUCTION
at over 6,000 jobsites to date.
[Main exhibits]
1. Demonstration of Autonomous and Remote-controlled Construction Equipment: Showcasing unmanned construction jobsites of
the future to be achieved by Komatsu
Visitors can watch demonstrations of autonomous
construction equipment currently under verification testing by connecting the
machine in the Komatsu booth and Komatsu IoT Center Tokyo in Mihama-ku, Chiba
City. Visitors can also watch demonstrations of remotely-controlled equipment
in the 5G mobile communications generation.
Komatsu is also planning to offer live streaming of
a fully autonomous hydraulic excavator and crawler dump truck working together
at Komatsu IoT Center Tokyo. The excavator will excavate, swing and load earth
while engaging in image analysis ,by using AI ,and in topographic survey. The
dump truck will haul excavated earth to a designated dumping site while
detecting obstacles by using a camera, etc. These autonomous machines will be
displayed in the Komatsu booth.
Komatsu will also demonstrate remotely controlled
construction equipment by using a 5G mobile network which features greater
speed and capacity as well as reduced latency. The operator will sit down in
the special cockpit installed in the Komatsu booth and remotely control the
bulldozer at the IoT Center, as he looks at the real-time images sent from
different cameras.
Komatsu's remote control technology incorporates
variable compression, ultra-low latency video streaming technology, owned by Soliton
Systems K.K., thereby achieving high-precision and stable video streaming and
enabling remote control without feeling strange. It also adopts the OKI-developed
Flying View which enables a bird's-eye view monitoring of the surrounding areas
of the machine, achieving machine operation from all directions virtually with
no blind spot.
2. Land Report and Holo Diorama: Letting visitors experience construction progress management by means of AR and VR
Civil engineering jobsite operations consist of not only operating construction equipment but also installing engineering
structures and managing building materials. Visitors can experience two concept models currently under development, Land Report and Holo Diorama, which are
designed to comprehend and share all those jobsite elements.
Komatsu is developing both Land Report and Holo Diorama jointly with KAYAC Inc. by incorporating the partner's AR and VR technologies.
[Land Report]
Land Report is an application for mobile phones to share a variety of jobsite information. It combines AR technology
and positional information, overlaps, on a real-time basis, the positions of
equipment and the like as well as work progress on the jobsite space image taken by smart
phones, and shares the image with others.
[Holo diorama]
This device creates the same environment of a jobsite
in virtual space and enables the person with a special pair of VR goggles to
check and manage the jobsite as if he/she
were there. As all kinds of information at the jobsite
are updated on a real-time basis, he/she
can plan survey and construction work just like being on the jobsite. It also enables him/her to simultaneously manage different jobsite operations
by quickly changing to a multiple number of remote jobsites.
3.
SMARTCONSTRUCTION Application: Becoming more user-friendly with new functions
Komatsu is going to significantly update its SMARTCONSTRUCTION
Application which allows for checking jobsite information, such as the latest
construction progress, on smart phones anytime and anywhere.
Komatsu will introduce new functions of its SMARTCONSTRUCTION
Application, such as the displays of contours, gradients and aerial photos
(orthophotos) taken from drones, on the 3D terrain viewer. All in all, the new
application is an evolution into a system which quickly provides more
user-friendly and easier-to-understand information one needs in an intuitive-use
format.
4. LANDLOG
Corner: Construction jobsites of the future with more connectivity
Komatsu's LANDLOG is an open platform designed to accelerate IoT-driven changes of production processes of
construction. In its booth, Komatsu will introduce cutting-edge solutions
provided by LANDLOG as well as the latest services and applications offered by
LANDLOG Partners.
[Cutting-edge
solutions provided by LANDLOG]
･Analyses of jobsite machines and
work by using AI-based video analysis (daily camera)
･Analysis of machine operations by
using smart phones
[Solutions offered by LANDLOG Partners]
･Remote work support solutions which
use wearable terminals
･Optimal fueling support and other
solutions based on KOMTRAX (Komatsu Machine Tracking System)
information, etc.
5. Joint Exhibition at IoT Town
IoT Town, sponsored by the sponsor of CEATEC JAPAN 2018, is a joint exhibition space designed for participating companies to
engage in joint creation which will lead to new business models for achieving Society5.0, a theme of the event.
Jointly with Magellan Systems Japan, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-precision GNSS receivers, Komatsu will exhibit the portable terrain survey
device which can easily survey visible terrains and compare them with design drawings.
No : 057 (2803)
Corporate Communications Department
Sustainability Promotion Division
Komatsu Ltd.
tel: +81-(0)3-5561-2616
mail: JP00mb_cc_department@global.komatsu
*The information described is at the time of presentation and may be subject to advance notice.
