Caterpillar acquired gold for its Cat Command for Building system throughout this yr’s Edison Awards program. It was acknowledged as being one of the best for the Good Productiveness Instruments – Dwelling & Working Atmosphere class. 

Cat Command removes the operator from the machine, providing protected operation in hazardous areas. The Command console and station delivers remote-control operation from the consolation of an air-conditioned workplace, hundreds of miles away from the challenge web site. 

Eliminating shift-long machine vibration suggestions, the system reduces the probabilities for working accidents and fatigue-related accidents in addition to will increase productiveness.

Cat Command’s different choices embody Command for Compaction, Command for Dozing in Building, Command for Excavating and Command for Loading. Its common Command station features a “digital cab” with acquainted controls the place a single operator can, on the contact of a button, change machines and jobsites and maneuver as much as 5 totally different machines. The distant station options deep integration into current machine options, and the system permits firms to effectively change between distant and handbook operation.

“We have been very impressed by the extent of collaboration and discovery on this yr’s entries,” mentioned Edison Universe Government Director Frank Bonafilia. “Someway, whereas dealing with the unprecedented challenges of this international pandemic, firms all over the world discovered the way to work safely and well and nonetheless innovate at an award-winning degree.”