JLG Whitepaper Looks at the Future of Autonomous Job Sites
JLG Industries Inc. has released a new whitepaper, From Access Equipment to Autonomous Work Systems, detailing its vision for the future of construction: Connected, coordinated and increasingly autonomous job sites. The paper outlines how advances in robotics, machine perception, connectivity and cloud-based intelligence are transforming the role of access equipment, from simply lifting workers to height to actively contributing to task execution.
“Access equipment has traditionally enabled work at height,” says Shashank Bhatia, chief technology officer and global vice president of engineering, JLG, in the new JLG whitepaper. “Today, we’re redefining that role. By integrating robotics and connectivity, we’re creating intelligent systems that not only support work but help perform it.”
The From Access Equipment to Autonomous Work Systems whitepaper also explores how automation can help address some of construction’s most pressing challenges, including persistent labor shortages, increasing project complexity and the need for greater productivity. Rather than replacing workers, these technologies are designed to extend skilled labor, reduce physically demanding tasks and improve job site safety.
Key topics covered in the whitepaper include:
· The evolution from standalone machines to connected job site ecosystems
· Real-world applications of robotic systems, including drywall finishing and work-at-height automation
· The role of connectivity platforms in enabling machine-to-machine coordination
· How automation is reshaping workforce roles and attracting new talent to the industry
“As job sites become more complex, the need for smart, connected equipment continues to grow,” Bhatia says in the whitepaper. “JLG’s vision provides a look at how those technologies can come together to deliver greater efficiency, consistency and visibility across the entire project.”
Highlighting JLG’s ongoing innovation efforts, including connected fleet technologies and emerging robotic solutions that enable machines to communicate, coordinate tasks and operate as part of a synchronized workflow, the new white paper reinforces the company’s commitment to advancing the construction industry through innovation and delivering solutions that help customers work safely and efficiently.
The full whitepaper, From Access Equipment to Autonomous Work Systems, is available now for download on JLG #DirectAccess: https://www.jlg.com/en/directaccess/from-access-equipment-to-autonomous-work-systems-a-new-era-for-job-sites.
For more information on JLG products and services, visit JLG.com.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.