Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh® wireless network s, and Komatsu , developer and supplier of heavy equipment and services for the construction, mining, forklift, industrial , and forestry markets , have achieved Rajant certification for Komatsu’s FrontRunner ® Autonomous Haulage Solution (AHS). Validation for FrontRunner AHS was completed in just six months.

“R eliable communication s networks that offer continuous mobile connectivity are cr uci al to successful autonomous haulage operations ,” said David Haukeness, Komatsu’s Product Manager for autonomous systems. “ Rajant’s low-latency Kinetic Mesh and support for LTE and WiFi make their network  a key part of our efforts to help our customers achieve their autonomous goals .”

Komatsu’s FrontRunner AHS uses a wealth of onboard technology and requires continuous , reliable wireless communication with the central office. Rajant Kinetic Mesh® machine-to-machine (M2M) InstaMesh ® technology provides autonomous solutions like Komatsu’s FrontRunner AHS with higher reliability and network resiliency with low latency , which is critical to maintain ing ‘a lways -on’ connectivity for autonomous machines.

Rajant is already co-deployed on Komatsu mining equipment in more than 100 mines globally and is now ready to support Komatsu ’s a utonomous solutions .

“ Achieving Rajant certification with Komatsu reflects the work of many individuals and addresses a key request from our mutual customers to continue utilising both companies’ advanced solutions ,” shares Sagar Chandra, Vice President of Sales – Americas.

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