Innovation

The future is coming.
On course to ever smarter, safer, cleaner,
and more productive workplaces

Solutions that connect and optimize overall customer operation processes with advanced digitalization technology.
Safe, eco-friendly, and highly efficient products that seamlessly integrate with our solutions.
By providing customers with these and more, we are transforming the workplace.

Our business continues to evolve to “The Next” by providing cutting-edge combinations of our products and solutions to meet the diverse worksite challenges facing our customers across industries.

From development and launch of electrified and automated equipment for the construction and mining industries to promoting wider adoption of our DX Smart Construction solutions,
we are not only mapping a way to the "workplace of the future",
but also are already steadily advancing on that path together with our customers.

Destination: “Workplace of the future”

Co-creating smarter, safer, cleaner,
and more highly productive workplaces with our customers.

Automation

From solving the shortage of skilled operators and further improving both workplace safety and productivity to reducing operational CO2 emissions, it is key to in this overcoming a variety of challenges.

Electrification

Reducing CO2 emissions and contributing to carbon neutrality, electrification significantly reduces noise levels and enables operation in a wider range of locations including indoors.

DX

From labor shortages and improving productivity to cutting costs and reducing CO2 emissions, digital technology is the key to solving a variety of issues.

  • AutomationDevelopment of automated solutions for mining and construction projects
  • ElectrificationMeeting the challenge of carbon neutrality
  • DX (Digital Transformation)“DX Smart Construction”

Always aiming for better workplace safety and higher productivity

Elevating further automation and autonomy in construction and mining equipment

With the goals of further improving our customers’ workplace safety and productivity, Komatsu's development of automation for our construction and mining equipment is steadily advancing. We are rapidly approaching the job sites of the future, where one might see a hydraulic excavator operated from an office hundreds of kilometers away excavating and loading earth and sand into an autonomous dump truck as if directly operated by a skilled operator in the cab.

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New value creation paves the way to a decarbonized society.

Further CO2 emission reductions through development of new power sources and full electrification of our products

We strive to reduce the CO2 emissions of our products through development of highly fuel-efficient products such as hybrid hydraulic excavators. With the goal of achieving even greater reductions in emissions, we are developing fully electrified construction and mining equipment, and exploring new non-battery power sources such as fuel cells (FC) and hydrogen engine-powered equipment.

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Solving job site challenges with digital technology

"Digital Twin" accelerates digital transformation (DX) of construction job sites.

Using integrated cloud-based management of digital data collected from construction site and IoT devices, this solution creates a digital twin that faithfully reproduces the topography of a job site in a digital space. By reflecting actual job site conditions and performing various analyses and simulations on the digital twin, the results of this next-generation job site management solution are fed back to actual site operations to improve safety and productivity.

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Automation and autonomous operationDevelopment of automated solutions for mining and construction projects

Always aiming for better workplace safety and higher productivity

Elevating further automation and autonomy in construction and mining equipment

With the goals of further improving our customers’ workplace safety and productivity, Komatsu's development of automation for our construction and mining equipment is steadily advancing. We are rapidly approaching the job sites of the future, where one might see a hydraulic excavator operated from an office hundreds of kilometers away excavating and loading earth and sand into an autonomous dump truck as if directly operated by a skilled operator in the cab.

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ElectrificationMeeting the challenge of carbon neutrality

New value creation paves the way to a decarbonized society.

Further CO2 emission reductions through development of new power sources and full electrification of our products

We strive to reduce the CO2 emissions of our products through development of highly fuel-efficient products such as hybrid hydraulic excavators. With the goal of achieving even greater reductions in emissions, we are developing fully electrified construction and mining equipment, and exploring new non-battery power sources such as fuel cells (FC) and hydrogen engine-powered equipment.

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DX (Digital Transformation)“DX Smart Construction”

Solving job site challenges   with digital technology

"Digital Twin" accelerates digital transformation (DX) of construction job sites.

Using integrated cloud-based management of digital data collected from construction site and IoT devices, this solution creates a digital twin that faithfully reproduces the topography of a job site in a digital space. By reflecting actual job site conditions and performing various analyses and simulations on the digital twin, the results of this next-generation job site management solution are fed back to actual site operations to improve safety and productivity.

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R&D keeps our technology edge razor sharp

Pursuit of research in basic and cutting-edge technologies. Development of software and systems to drive the digital transformation and advance of remote, automated, and unmanned operation of construction and mining equipment such as unmanned dump truck operations. Paving the way for our goal of achievement of carbon neutrality with R&D for full electrification of our products. Developing underwater construction robots and a lunar excavator concept. Constantly challenging the limits, Komatsu is steadily moving our technology a step ahead.

For example, R&D in construction and mining equipment is…Not only about electrification of our lineup,
but also offering a wider choice of power sources and fuels.

From equipment powered by batteries and fuel cells to machines driven by diesel-electric, biofuel/e-fuel diesel powertrains, and hydrogen engines, Komatsu giving customers a growing selection to safety and sustainability through our development of bleeding-edge technology.

Always the next challenge.
Komatsu is bound for a future beyond carbon neutrality.

Technology at the cutting edge

Lunar Construction Equipment Project

Building on our approach and solutions used on worksites on our planet, we are tackling the identification of issues to be faced in our design and development of construction equipment for operation on the moon’s surface. For example, we are developing digital twin technology to faithfully reproduce the environment of a lunar job site in a digital space with accurate recreation of topography and our proposed machines. Various analyses and simulations in this digital twin enable us to anticipate and study the challenges of construction on the moon.

Development of a medium-sized hydraulic excavator powered by a hydrogen fuel-cell

Delivering the powerful excavation performance and high operability equivalent to conventional engine-powered models, our hydrogen fuel cell-powered excavator does the job with zero exhaust gas and significantly reduced noise and vibrations. Producing only water and water vapor as exhaust emissions, our “clean” proof-of-concept construction machine is unprecedented.

Futuristic jobsite unveiled

Fully electric excavator operated remotely by a controller opens a new horizon for work flexibility. It may be possible to connect to a machine and work in a site in South America from, for example, your living room.

Research and Development Centers

Consolidating basic and applied research and development in technical, applied technology and other fields in one place, our R&D centers streamline communication across departments and accelerate innovation through knowledge sharing and mutual inspiration.

Komatsu Technical Reports

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