Field report: Construction industry highlights at CES 2026
Construction industry OEM heavyweights arrived at CES 2026 ready to show off cutting edge solutions that rise to the heady task of today's industry challenges, including labour, safety, and productivity shortcomings. Here are the construction industry highlights that I got to explore at CES 2026. Bobcat The visual centrepiece of Bobcat's CES presence was the RogueX3, the latest version of the company's experimental RogueX platform. This new iteration of the concept machine has been designed for modularity — to operate with or without a cab, and to adapt to different lift geometries, powertrains, and undercarriage configurations. The RogueX is Bobcat's experimental platform to test new machine concepts and configurations for learnings that the company can apply to its commercialized equipment line. Bobcat also introduced the Bobcat Jobsite Companion, an AI assistant activated by a button on the joystick in the cab. The operator can verbally ask a question about the machine or deliver a command, such as "what is my fuel level?" or "turn on the lights," without taking their hands off the joysticks or their eyes away from the job site. We've seen collision warning and avoidance technology on mid-size construction equipment, and in 2026 Bobcat is introducing these features to compact equipment, including skid-steer loaders, for the first time. These machines spend a lot of time backing up on tight job sites. With collision warning and avoidance the machine will automatically slow to a stop without making contact when detecting an obstacle or person to the rear of the machine. Additional Bobcat CES innovations include the Bobcat Standard Unit Pack (BSUP), a fast-charging, modular battery system; a transparent micro-LED display integrated into the cab window; and Service.AI, an AI-powered service and support platform for dealers and technicians.
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Construction industry OEM heavyweights arrived at CES 2026 ready to show off cutting edge solutions that rise to the heady task of today's industry challenges, including labour, safety, and productivity shortcomings. Here are the construction industry highlights that I got to explore at CES 2026.
Bobcat
The visual centrepiece of Bobcat's CES presence was the RogueX3, the latest version of the company's experimental RogueX platform. This new iteration of the concept machine has been designed for modularity — to operate with or without a cab, and to adapt to different lift geometries, powertrains, and undercarriage configurations. The RogueX is Bobcat's experimental platform to test new machine concepts and configurations for learnings that the company can apply to its commercialized equipment line.
Bobcat also introduced the Bobcat Jobsite Companion, an AI assistant activated by a button on the joystick in the cab. The operator can verbally ask a question about the machine or deliver a command, such as "what is my fuel level?" or "turn on the lights," without taking their hands off the joysticks or their eyes away from the job site.
We've seen collision warning and avoidance technology on mid-size construction equipment, and in 2026 Bobcat is introducing these features to compact equipment, including skid-steer loaders, for the first time. These machines spend a lot of time backing up on tight job sites. With collision warning and avoidance the machine will automatically slow to a stop without making contact when detecting an obstacle or person to the rear of the machine.
Additional Bobcat CES innovations include the Bobcat Standard Unit Pack (BSUP), a fast-charging, modular battery system; a transparent micro-LED display integrated into the cab window; and Service.AI, an AI-powered service and support platform for dealers and technicians.
