{"id":90687,"date":"2026-02-11T02:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ces.einnews.com\/article\/892690890"},"modified":"2026-02-11T02:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:51:00","slug":"jlg-stacks-the-tech-to-make-construction-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/jlg-stacks-the-tech-to-make-construction-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"JLG stacks the tech to make construction easier"},"content":{"rendered":"

JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation business<\/a> based in McConnellsburg, Penn., has spent more than 55 years focused on advancing the access industry. It recently demonstrated that commitment at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2026 in Las Vegas, Nev., with its \u201cJob Site of the Future\u201d concept<\/a> \u2013 and has plans for a repeat at ConExpo-Con\/Agg 2026 (Booth N12308) in March.<\/p>\n

\"JLG At CES 2026, JLG showed micro-sized scissor lifts with leader-follower technology synchronously placing an I-beam into position. (Photo: JLG Industries)<\/span> <\/div>\n

As the company noted, today\u2019s construction jobsites are dynamic, unpredictable and inherently complex, with most operations still manual and disconnected. JLG said it seeks to transform jobsites \u201cthrough an intelligent ecosystem<\/a> that connects people, equipment, tools and materials to help address customer challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe folks out there that are doing the work, whether it be managing fleets or out in the field building a multitude of things \u2013 data centers, LNG projects, apartment building, hospitals, whatever it is \u2013 that work is really, really hard,\u201d said Brent Miller, vice president at JLG Industries. \u201cWe\u2019re laser focused on trying to make it easier, to make all of these jobsites more productive and [to ensure] everyone gets home safe at night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Traditionally, JLG\u2019s function has been to enable workers to perform a task, Miller said. \u201cNow we\u2019re going from enabling that work to executing that work, which is what we started to introduce at CES.\u201d<\/p>\n

Technology journey<\/h4>\n

The technologies that JLG is showcasing are the culmination of years of work, Miller stated, which included the development of tech stacks \u2013 interfacing technologies that can be combined to \u201cproduce something greater than the sum of the parts, whether that\u2019s obstacle detection, camera systems or our telematics solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you bring all these technologies together and you let them work together, all of a sudden you can do some great things,\u201d he commented. \u201cSo, that\u2019s a journey that we\u2019ve been on for over a decade, and we\u2019re just now starting to display some of the fruits of that labor.\u201d<\/p>\n

JLG\u2019s ClearSky Smart Fleet management solution<\/a> has proven an important element of that journey. \u201cThat solution has a bunch of different components; it\u2019s not just the traditional satellite and telemetry,\u201d Miller pointed out. \u201cIt enables us to create mesh networks to let machines start to talk to each other \u2013 to take some of these tech stacks we\u2019ve built and have them do the work of talking amongst each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JLG JLG\u2019s ClearSky Smart Fleet management solution is being used to enable machine to machine communication. (Photo: JLG Industries)<\/span> <\/div>\n

Strategic partnerships and acquisitions in some cases have and will continue to help accelerate tech development. \u201cWe\u2019re not afraid to help folks along that technology journey and invest in some companies and partner with others out in the open market,\u201d said Miller. \u201cWe have a group that is always looking for those avenues and trying to make partnerships within the broader tech community.\u201d<\/p>\n

One such relationship began six years ago when Canvas, a San Francisco-based construction robotics company, selected a JLG scissor lift platform as the base to develop a robotic drywall finishing system. The collaboration eventually led to JLG\u2019s acquisition of the core technology developed by Canvas<\/a> in January 2026.<\/p>\n

With the acquisition, JLG said the Canvas team will help it develop new robotic and autonomous solutions by advancing robotic end-effector capabilities and autonomy and enabling pairing with JLG access equipment.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The Canvas team] has been on this journey to develop this technology for a number of years, and I think that\u2019s the opportunity,\u201d said Miller. \u201cThey have experience in solving some of these more complex problems, and they have a lot of real-world experience in how hard it can be to execute some of these solutions. We\u2019re really excited to leverage the work that they\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tech stack in action<\/h4>\n

At CES, JLG featured two examples of how it is putting its tech stack development to work.<\/p>\n

The first demonstrated how micro-sized scissor lifts with leader-follower technology can be used to enable a lead machine to guide multiple follower scissor lifts to autonomously move equipment and materials across a jobsite. In the example, two lifts were being used to synchronously move and lift an I-beam into position.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had those scissors talk to one another via our ClearSky Smart Fleet telematics solution, and they were able to sense the position at height that the beam needed placed,\u201d Miller explained. \u201cThey were able to raise it, coordinate with one another to maintain level on that beam and then place that beam at height.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JLG Boom lifts such as the EC600AJ+ can be equipped with an end-effector system and tools to perform autonomous tasks at heights up to 30 meters. (Photo: JLG Industries)<\/span> <\/div>\n

Once the beam was in place, ClearSky Smart Fleet notified a nearby lift \u2013 the next-generation EC600AJ+ electric articulated boom lift \u2013 equipped with end-effector system and autonomous welder that the I-beam was ready for welding.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat welder sensed the position that needed welded and moved into place, placed welds on either end of the beam and then retracted,\u201d said Miller. \u201cSo, it\u2019s all those pieces of the puzzle working together, talking to one another and doing a job at height.\u201d<\/p>\n

An end-effector can be equipped with a selection of autonomous tools to perform repetitive tasks such as welding, painting, ductwork or material handling without requiring an operator to work at height.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re able to use our 60-ft. or 80-ft. boom lift, or whatever it may be, to complete a task. Currently, [with] some of these robotic arms, you might get one that is 2 to 3 meters \u2013 that\u2019s kind of standard in the industry,\u201d Miller pointed out. \u201cWe\u2019re talking on a scale that is much, much larger than that. We\u2019re talking 20 meters, 30 meters \u2013 so much bigger applications. [It gives] you a wider range of options to complete some of this work at height and to use our machines in a way that I don\u2019t know that anybody thought they could before.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s ahead<\/h4>\n

In demonstrating the \u201cjobsite of the future\u201d at both CES and ConExpo, JLG is seeking feedback on the solutions shown, as well as to gauge interest from its rental partners and construction companies on \u201cwhat the possibilities are and what would make their lives easier,\u201d said Miller.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was on a jobsite\u2026 watching an electrician work, and there was another electrician that was ferrying materials to him across the large data center site,\u201d Miller related. \u201cThe feedback from the general contractor was, \u2018Man, if we could find a way to have material just arrive instead of having our valuable skilled labor fetching materials from across the jobsite at a yard \u2013 if we could just figure out how to solve that problem, that would be huge for us.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no reason that some of our tech stack couldn\u2019t be used to solve that, and we\u2019re trying those technologies,\u201d Miller stated, noting JLG is actively testing certain technologies with partners in the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited about exploring a lot of those problems,\u201d he added, \u201cand figuring out how we can use these technologies that we\u2019ve developed to solve them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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