elevator
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While much of today’s advances are less showy, focused on things like energy efficiency and reducing elevator wait-times, some of what the industry is working on may yet produce a few gasps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Among other things, elevator companies are integrating their systems with autonomous robots that will ride elevators and navigate buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Introduced widely in the 1900s, counterweights reduced the energy needed to move an elevator—a principle that remains at the heart of most elevator systems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Kone is installing an elevator system for that tower that relies on carbon-fiber composite technology far lighter than steel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
“My new place of employment, Formann’s. You’re looking at their newest elevator operator.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
