TOKYO -- One of Japan's biggest civil engineering groups has developed a navigation system for construction vehicles that does not rely on GPS or other satellite positioning data, allowing them to guide themselves in remote places.
Builder Taisei seeks labor-saving tech for tunnels and other remote locations

Taisei's T-iDraw Map technology uses lasers to plot an image of the vehicle's surroundings. (Photo courtesy of Taisei)
TOKYO -- One of Japan's biggest civil engineering groups has developed a navigation system for construction vehicles that does not rely on GPS or other satellite positioning data, allowing them to guide themselves in remote places.