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concepts for mining equipment .
The company has teamed up with Swedish industrial design house ‘ Prospective Design ’ to develop the excavator of the future , offering an array of innovative components never seen before . The machine is one part space age and another part primordial .
Featuring a small fuel cell that produces electric energy , the excavator adopts four tracks with separate wheel motors that can brake , accelerate and steer . With an improved cab built for visibility , the excavator includes a transparent boom for safety along with GPS based telematic capabilities to ensure the excavator never leaves a predetermined area .
Although merely a concept , the two teams have created a combination of futuristic ideas , giving the sector a peek inside what mining equipment could eventually resemble .
Doosan While Volvo may only be designing a concept , Doosan Infracore is working on something tangible . As the company ’ s vision for the future , the CX excavator includes a number of technological features to promote safety , usability and efficiency .
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