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DigPilot 3D machine control for earthmoving equipment
- Published March 22, 2023; updated September 21, 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes. Status: available in any country. Industries: Technology and Architecture and construction.
- DigPilot is a 3D machine-control system for bulldozers, wheel loaders and excavators. Components include an in-cab touchscreen computer, wired or wireless CAN bus sensors, a dual-antenna satellite rover and a cloud office service. Sensors track moving machine parts and display real-time position/movement graphically and numerically. The rover connects to global satellite navigation; coordinate projections for most regions are preloaded.
- Its online platform supports project-file backup, exchange and testing, and remote support. Gundersen & Løken says a dedicated development group adapts the system to customer needs and technology changes.
- The page says manual adjustments slow earthworks, waste fuel and reduce precision; traditional lasers, levels and benchmarks provide limited guidance, while workers may enter hazardous work zones. DigPilot is said to let operators work 50% faster, improve accuracy to the centimeter, reduce the number of machines needed, lower staffing costs and improve worker safety. The article estimates 330 metric tons of fossil fuel saved each year in Norway alone and says more accurate work reduces damage risk to buried infrastructure.
- Market details in the article: about 3,000 3D machine-control systems sold each year in Scandinavia, valued at USD 120 million; 5,000 in Europe, described as untapped market potential. DigPilot is exported worldwide and was seeking European expansion and financial partners. The producer is described as having 120 years of construction-industry R&D history. SDGs shown: 3 and 9. Embedded video has no transcript exposed.
- Contact: Jan Floberg, Sales Director, jan.floberg@gl-instrumenter.no; phone reveal control collapsed. Company: GUNDERSEN & LØKEN AS, Lindeberg næringsvei 26, 1067 Oslo, Norway; digpilot.com.