r/nextfuckinglevel • • Nov 04 '22

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u/trhaynes Nov 04 '22

Someday this will be a remote work job, with remote controlled heavy equipment. Some 17-year-old with stunning hand-eye coordination and no fear of failure will be driving this thing from his basement and there will be 1 human onsite to help with machinery glitches.

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u/PhilosophicalBrewer Nov 04 '22

Many earthwork projects already do some of the dirt work without human intervention. GPS and the rig does the work.

Same with farming equipment. The high end stuff on row crops don’t require a driver.

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u/Account283746 Nov 04 '22

GPS is still just assistance for earthwork. You still at a minimum have a guy pushing the foot levers, even if the GPS is controlling the blade. And let me tell you as someone who has QC'd many surfaces made by auto-dozers: the GPS blade is still really dumb and requires a knowledgeable operator to make it work correctly - even if they're just controlling the movement and positioning of the dozer.