If someone could make these autonomous, I’d be fine waiting 3 years for my basement if it cost 1/4 as much.
I don't think you'd need to.
Just expose controls and camera to the internet, and you'll be able to charge people for the privilege of digging you a basement.
that's a capital idea for a product!
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So, is he just using is basement as a playground, or is he actually completing a project? I'm a little confused after the dump trunk appears to just unload the dirt into another hole on the other side of the stairs (at about the 2:30 mark in the video).