HD Hyundai Infracore's unmanned excavator digs dirt at the company's proving ground in Boryeong, South Chungcheong Province, in this file photo. “We are in talks with Saudi Arabia on giving a demonstration of our technologies, because unmanned construction equipment has not been commercialized in any part of the world.”

“NEOM wants to introduce our technologies,” he said. HD Hyundai XiteSolution CEO Lee Dong-wook told reporters during the demonstration event that Saudi Arabia showed a keen interest in the company’s unmanned construction equipment technologies, to use them for the Middle Eastern country’s $500 billion project to build the NEOM smart city. The excavator equipped with a tilt-rotator dug v-shaped ditches without using a v-shaped bucket. The dozer stopped automatically when a person approached.

The cabinless heavy machinery, developed under the Concept-X2 project, boasted various functions through remote control.

BORYEONG, South Chungcheong Province ― Torrential rainfall on Wednesday could not hinder HD Hyundai XiteSolution’s unmanned excavator and dozer from digging and moving dirt piled up on the proving ground owned by the construction equipment maker’s subsidiary, HD Hyundai Infracore.