"You are correct--and we are humbly trying to do both, increase efficiency and reduce accidents/injuries due to ladders."

"Good question, Ellison. In our case, the laser scanner used to find the trees and navigate the vehicle also looks continuously for obstacles ahead and to the sides and stops the vehicle in case there is something there. In the video you saw here the…"

"Thanks for showcasing our work, Chris. The idea here is to augment the worker to make him/her more efficient. In timed trials at Penn State in Biglerville, PA, workers on the APM were up to 58% more efficient than those on ladders--not to mention…"