Development and demonstration of 5G-based construction machinery remote control technology within the year
Promoting the implementation of unmanned autonomous construction sites, from drone 3D surveying to construction management

With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, following unmanned autonomous vehicles, unmanned autonomous construction machinery utilizing 5G is emerging.
LG Uplus and Doosan Infracore announced on the 29th that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for smart construction business cooperation, including the development of construction machinery technology capable of 5G-based unmanned autonomous operation.

Through this partnership, the two companies plan to develop and demonstrate construction machinery capable of autonomous operation and remote control at construction and civil engineering sites by utilizing 5G communication networks, drones, sensors, MEC, and ultra-low latency video transmission technology.
First, they decided to develop and demonstrate 5G-based remote-controlled construction machinery within this year, and next year, expand the scope of cooperation to include drone 3D surveying, work planning, and construction management to enable autonomous operation and unmanned operation at construction sites.

This is the first time in Korea that a construction machinery manufacturer and a telecommunications company have partnered to develop unmanned operation technology. With this, LG Uplus plans to secure a leading position in the 5G-based B2B market, while Doosan Infracore plans to lead smart construction, the Fourth Industrial Revolution of the construction machinery industry.

The newly developed unmanned autonomous construction machinery actively utilizes the ultra-low latency, ultra-high speed, and high capacity characteristics of 5G.

Large volume of 3D data captured from a construction site via a drone is transmitted to a server in real time via a 5G communication network, and the workload and construction plan are automatically calculated by comparing it with 3D civil engineering drawings.

Output data is transmitted to construction machinery at the site, and the machinery executes tasks autonomously according to instructions from sensors and a control platform. By applying 5G MEC, collaboration between construction machinery is also possible.

In particular, by installing ultra-low latency video transmitters on construction machinery, in the event of an unexpected situation, monitoring operators at a control center located hundreds of kilometers away can issue instructions while viewing the video as if they were working directly in the cockpit.

It is expected that the commercialization of unmanned autonomous construction machinery services will increase work efficiency at construction sites and significantly eliminate workplace hazards.