Fla . Contractor First to Deploy Teleo Equipped Autonomous Construction Equipment
Jordanne Waldschmidt Oct 27 , 2023
Florida-based Tomahawk Construction will become the first contractor to deploy startup tech company Teleo ’ s autonomous construction equipment retrofit kits on an active jobsite .
Starting in December , Tomahawk Construction will use Teleo-equipped articulated dump trucks to tram , or autonomously haul material from one point to another , while building a residential community in Naples . Teleo says the autonomous feature introduction will begin on three of Tomahawk ’ s trucks and will roll out to 12 machines over the course of a few months .
“ Construction companies are facing historic labor shortages and incurring significant costs as their machines sit idle ,” said Vinay Shet , co-founder and CEO , Teleo . “ We are seeing an unprecedented number of customer orders which demonstrates Teleo ’ s powerful value proposition . Our technology breathes new life into our
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