A heavy equipment operator uses a remote control to maneuver an excavator while working at the site of the Regent’s Slide on Highway 1. The innovative technology can both improve productivity ...

“So this remote control equipment is equipping us to be able to drive machinery over there and to work more consistently in moving debris off the mountain and down the slide. It's been a success ...

pushing the dirt from the back of the slide toward the tip. Drabinski called attention to two men working closely to one of the machines. A seated man uses a remote controller to guide the ...

They can operate the machines from a station inside a trailer or using a mobile controller. The video shows the equipment working at the top of the slide, high above Highway 1. Giant, remote ...

Caltrans has a pair of big, new remote-control tools in its road-repair kit ... D-8 Caterpillar excavators at the Regent’s Slide site on Big Sur, according to a release the agency sent out ...

By Felix Cortez Click here for updates on this story MONTEREY COUNTY, California (KSBW) — Caltrans is now using remote-controlled equipment to help remove a huge landslide along the Big Sur coast, a ...