Japanese self-driving construction gear finds own way without GPS

Builder Taisei seeks labor-saving tech for tunnels and other remote locations

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Taisei's T-iDraw Map technology uses lasers to plot an image of the vehicle's surroundings. (Photo courtesy of Taisei)

SHUGO TAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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