{"id":470175,"date":"2017-04-12T23:49:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T23:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=470175"},"modified":"2017-04-12T23:49:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T23:49:09","slug":"cat-goes-remote-at-conexpo-2017-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=470175","title":{"rendered":"CAT goes &#8216;remote&#8217; at CONEXPO 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/juniormininganalyst.com\/cat-goes-remote-at-conexpo-2017\/\">analyst<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/juniormininganalyst.com\/cat-goes-remote-at-conexpo-2017\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DT8-DOZER.jpeg\" alt=\"CAT's DT8 dozer\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span>By  <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/cat-goes-remote-at-conexpo-2017\/\">Valentina Ruiz Leotaud<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In its 60,000 square feet exhibit at this year&#8217;s CONEXPO-CON\/AGG, Caterpillar presented some 40 machines, including things like articulated trucks, skid steer loaders, and even a 90-tonne excavator.<\/p>\n<p>But what caught most people&#8217;s eye was a live demo where an operator was using CAT&#8217;s new command remote control system to move a D8T dozer in Peoria, Illinois. While sitting at a station that looked very much like an arcade racing game but that is modeled after the actual cab of the machine, the operator used a \u201cCommand Vision System\u201d to instruct the tractor to perform a series of tasks such as land clearing and stabilizing slides in high-risk areas.<\/p>\n<p>Interviewed by MINING.com&#8217;s Michael McCrae, one of the company&#8217;s Sales Support Consultants, Alan Pumklin, explained how the system can be equipped for line-of-sight operation or for teleremote operation with the addition of video and audio feeds from the site and dozer.<\/p>\n<p>The post CAT goes \u2018remote&#8217; at CONEXPO 2017 appeared first on MINING.com.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/cat-goes-remote-at-conexpo-2017\/\"> \u2026read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/cat-goes-remote-at-conexpo-2017\/\" title=\"CAT goes 'remote' at CONEXPO 2017\">Infomine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/juniormininganalyst.com\/cat-goes-remote-at-conexpo-2017\/\"><\/a><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/cat-goes-remote-at-conexpo-2017\/\">CAT goes &#8216;remote&#8217; at CONEXPO 2017<\/a> appeared first on <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/juniormininganalyst.com\/\">Junior Mining Analyst<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud In its 60,000 square feet exhibit at this year&#8217;s CONEXPO-CON\/AGG, Caterpillar presented some 40 machines, including things like articulated trucks, skid steer loaders, and even a 90-tonne excavator. 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