Open Seats on Construction's Journey Toward Autonomy

Trimble's Geoffrey Kirk provides a look at the company's latest developments in autonomous construction equipment solutions and how this type of technology is poised to help contractors optimize machine operation to get work done for them.

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Feb 10, 2025
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At Trimble Dimensions 2024, Equipment Today Editor-in-Chief Kathy Wells speaks with Geoffrey Kirk, product manager, Autonomy and Assist at Trimble, for an update on construction's journey toward autonomy.

In this video, Kirk highlights key steps in its journey to develop autonomy solutions for excavators and soil compactors, as well as the assistive processes designed to leverage autonomy to help machines work better. 


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