emerging tech

So far this year, Hexagon has created digital twins of Munich, Cologne, Vienna, Milan, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Tokyo, Dallas, New York, and more.

Trackunit and the Industrial IoT division of ZTR have teamed up in an effort to better serve the growing demands of the construction industry.

The Ingleton Wood-The EV Network partnership aims to boost the availability of EV charging before the ban of new petrol and diesel cars takes effect.

To demonstrate the technology, MIT created a joystick able to play PAC-MAN by sensing the direction and magnitude of each applied force.

Balfour Beatty’s Vision 2 Reality team has been chosen to deliver an autonomous people-mover system in Jacksonville, Mississippi.

The robot is made up of a mobile base, site-sensing technology, and BIM-linked software systems that allow it to navigate around a construction site.

A HS2 construction site is being used as the test-bed for a new ground-monitoring technique that combines mesh wiring with fibre-optic cables.

National Highways has teamed up with popular videogame Minecraft to encourage young engineers into the infrastructure industry.

A consortium led by Italian builder Webuild has been tasked with building the ‘smart’ highway in time for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina.

Highways England has revealed it is to create a digital twin of the UK’s roads network as part of a new Digital Roads strategy.