Understand why events happen, says Emmanuel de Maistre of Airware
Airware integrates drone data and machine telematics data for the Cat Connect framework.
March 15, 2017
Plan, fly and analyse with Caterpillar. It’s all about optimising machine productivity and its affordable, says Emmanuel de Maistre, Airware vice president.
Airware, a commercial drone solutions provider, has acquired Redbird, a France-based pioneer in drone data analytics that has been working closely with Caterpillar.
Redbird focuses on the mining, quarrying, and construction industries through sophisticated geospatial analytics which will be integrated into the Airware Aerial Information Platform. This will give customers the combined power of Redbird's industry-specific analytics and Airware's enterprise-focused workflow, compliance, and security feature
Caterpillar may be on its financial back foot, but a recent event showed the company has a vision far beyond this or the next financial year – David Arminas reports. Many construction machinery manufacturers have some data collection and analysis systems for their heavy equipment. For a good decade, manufacturers have been moving in this direction, first as retrofit packages on machines in the field and increasingly as standard on newer models. Caterpillar is no exception among manufacturers that are movin
In this, the third roundtable meeting in World Highways’ series of Connected Construction discussions, Guy Woodford discusses the implications of developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine control with world-class experts in their field. Find out what Elwyn McLachlan, vice president of Civil Solutions at Trimble, Murray Lodge, senior vice president and general manager of Construction at Topcon Positioning Group, and Magnus Thibblin, vice president Heavy Construction at Hexagon Geosystems have to say about how you should be positioning your company for a successful future.
Caterpillar vice president Paolo Fellin sums up the past year for the global equipment manufacturer and looks at the increasing importance of telematics and machine control. David Arminas reports from Caterpillar’s Demonstration and Learning Centre in Malaga, southern Spain
First the good news. Despite the difficulties, especially of the financial markets, 2014 was “a record year for a lot of things” for global heavy equipment maker Caterpillar.Now the bad news. Hang onto your seats because despite some
