Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Junichi Morita

Chunnan Wu

Yusuke Sano

Kazunori Hiranuma

A shovel () according to embodiments of the present invention includes a lower travelling body (), an upper pivot body () pivotably mounted to the lower travelling body (), an excavation attachment (AT) rotatably mounted to the upper pivot body, and a controller () provided to the upper pivot body (). The controller () is configured to autonomously perform a compound operation including an operation of the excavation attachment (AT) and a pivot operation. The controller () may be configured to, in response to an automatic switch (NS) provided in a cabin () mounted to the upper pivot body () being operated, autonomously perform the compound operation.

Shovel

A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, a boom attached to the upper turning body, an arm attached to the boom, an end attachment attached to the arm, a sensor configured to output detection information about an orientation of a work part of the end attachment, and a processor configured to control operation of the work part to cause the work part to perform compaction of ground by pressing the work part against the ground, wherein the processor is configured to control an operation of the arm and the end attachment according to a lowering operation of the boom to cause an end portion of the work part to perform the compaction of the ground on the basis of the detection information of the sensor.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Junichi Morita