Electronic Control System for Construction Equipment

This paper (1) describes the history and social background of electronic control of construction equipment, (2) examines the aims of electronic control systems in four main areas: ease of operation, energy-saving, newly-developed function, and machine availability, (3) discusses applications of these four areas to vehicles, (4) discusses the reliability and maintainability of electronic control systems in construction equipment, and (5) discusses technological problems in control engineering, (6) takes a look at the future of mechatronics.