Seeing Machines Ltd. Said it “had signed a strategic agreement with Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc (EMD), a subsidiary of Progress Rail Services Corporation (a Caterpillar Company) to develop and adapt its technology for the rail industry.
Australia-based Seeing Machines Limited specializes in in-cab, real-time driver-safety monitoring. It developed its patented system through appreciation of the significance of driver fatigue when the underlying cause of many accidents is identified. Seeing Machines’ driver-safety system (DSS) monitors fatigue and distraction events, enabled by intelligent sensing technologies and analytics. The company works closely with select research and development partners to refine eye-tracking, head movement and gaze-tracking technologies. Following a “global alliance agreement” signed with Caterpillar Global Mining in 2013, it is claimed that fatigue and distraction events were reduced by an average of 80% in mines around the world, through real-time monitoring and intervention. On 22 September 2014, Seeing Machines Ltd. Said it “had signed a strategic agreement with Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc (EMD), a subsidiary of Progress Rail Services Corporation (a Caterpillar Company) to develop and adapt its technology for the rail industry”. “We are excited to be working with EMD,” said Seeing Machines CEO Ken Kroeger. “Our operator-facing cameras and accelerometer sensors provide key streams of data that are designed to help improve productivity and safety outcomes. I believe we are providing this in the challenging industrial applications of mining, and we expect to achieve the same positive results working with EMD in rail transport.” Progress Rail and EMD President and CEO Billy Ainsworth said. “There have been significant steps in recent years to enhance safety in the rail industry, and today’s announcement builds upon those advancements. Working with Seeing Machines, we can develop the on-board technology designed to deliver enhanced safety to our customers and their fleets by ensuring operators remain alert while controlling the locomotive”.
Source: http://www.railwayafrica.com 30 September 2014
Photo: Karen Roe from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK – Bluebell Railway 22-10-2010
