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HD Hyundai Site Solution to build digital twin for autonomous excavators
HD Hyundai Site Solution was selected to lead a government-funded project to improve driverless construction equipment.
The South Korean company and its consortium partners will build a digital twin, a virtual model that simulates how equipment works and interacts with soil.
The platform is intended to support design, AI development and field testing for excavators, wheel loaders and articulated dump trucks.
The project has a total budget of 6.33 billion won and is scheduled to run until December 2029.
Testing technology in a virtual setting could help developers refine it before comparing it with data from real machines.
The company says the work aims to help bring autonomous equipment into production and improve safety and productivity at construction sites.
HD Hyundai Site Solution has been selected to lead a government-funded project to develop a digital twin platform for autonomous excavators.
The platform will simulate construction equipment and its physical interactions with soil in a virtual environment.
The consortium aims to use it for equipment design, autonomous technology development and training, and field validation.
The project has a total budget of 6.33 billion won and is scheduled to run through December 2029.
- Who
- HD Hyundai Site Solution will lead the project with a consortium of four other organizations.
- What
- The consortium will develop a high-precision simulation-based digital twin platform for AI autonomous excavators.
- When
- The project was announced on October 25, 2026, and is scheduled to run through December 2029.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- To support the development and validation of autonomous construction equipment technology.
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HD Hyundai Site Solution announced it had been selected as the lead company for the government-funded project.
The project is scheduled to run through this month.
- Project budget
- 6.33 billion won
- Project end date
- December 2029
- Consortium partners
- Simji, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, and Korea Construction Equipment Industry Association
- Equipment covered
- Excavators, wheel loaders, and articulated dump trucks
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