Most days, Andrew Faukner and his wife Tam are teachers in Modesto, California. But give them an aerial construction site photo assignment and they are soon airborne in their Piper Cherokee Warrior ...

There are few pieces of equipment more versatile and more useful than the modest aerial lift. Whether they need access to high job sites, want an alternative to scaffolding or are eager to complete ...

The first attempt at aerial imagery technology was little more than rudimentary cameras attached to kites with explosive charges triggering the camera to take a photo. Fast forward to 1915, and the ...

In the Age of Big Data, humans generate 2.5 quintillion bytes of data each day. Looking at data related to land surveying for construction, the lack of automated information processing makes the ...

Komatsu has been running commercial drone mapping test trials for the past few years now in order to refine its Smart Construction business model that aims to provide a top-down workflow for ...

For anyone who doubts automation is coming to the construction site, another piece of evidence: a leading enterprise drone data company has just acquired a robotics software company in a bid to help ...

Drone use is skyrocketing in construction work, at a rate even higher than agriculture and manufacturing, data shows. The unmanned aerial vehicles are easier to maneuver than conventional vessels used ...