Doosan Infracore says it has signed an MOU with Unity Technologies Korea for mutual cooperation in the development of a construction process simulator.
This is the first joint project with a game engine developer in the construction equipment industry, which is rare in the global construction equipment industry.
The game engine is regarded as very useful in various industries such as shipbuilding, logistics and construction. Doosan Infracore and Unity will work together to develop a simulator. It realizes various physical elements on a construction site where excavators and other equipment operate in a virtual environment. The simulator will be very useful in accurately predicting complex variables that may occur on a real construction site.
Source: Kikai-News (The original article was partially revised by the author.)
PSR Analysis: Just as NVIDIA, a semiconductor manufacturer and global leader in GPUs, has entered the field of autonomous driving to capitalize on its know-how, the ties between the computer and machinery industries are becoming closer and stronger.
The quality of the machines themselves are very important factor, of course, but also the “value-added” items that have been considered in the past will become the mainstay of technology in the future.
And it will not take much time. Just as Komatsu has already popularized KOMTRAX in the construction equipment industry, the use of big data and AI and the generalization of these technologies will advance at a faster pace in the construction equipment industry than in the automotive industry. PSR
Akihiro Komuro is Research Analyst, Far East and Southeast Asia, for Power Systems Research.
