Tag: Cat telematics

Telematics

Cat PL161 device enables attachment tracking by smartphone, tablet

Now contractors and fleet managers can keep up with their buckets, grapples and other construction equipment attachments quickly and efficiently.

April 12, 2019

Telematics

There will be 4.9M construction machines with OEM telematics by 2022, report says

Could construction equipment OEM telematics systems reach an estimated 4.9 million units by 2022? Berg Insight believes it will. Learn more on Equipment World.

January 1, 2019

Construction Equipment

More than Telematics: Data wrung from machines building future for heavy equipment OEMs

While there was an overarching technology theme to the massive ConExpo show earlier this year, the big story in the heavy equipment industry has been all about data. Specifically, the data coming off your machines’ telematics, and how that data can become a key part of your overall jobsite management picture, not to mention a manufacturer’s […]

May 29, 2017

Technology

Caterpillar’s Redbird drone integration will substantially deepen telematics data, and soon

As thousands of attendees milled about Caterpillar’s cavernous exhibit at the big Bauma trade show in Munich this week, a small red and black contraption hung quietly above the masses as they weaved between the hundred or so yellow machines on display. It’s a sight that in less than a few years’ time will be […]

April 14, 2016

Technology

Caterpillar unveils rebuilt VisionLink telematics dashboard with mixed fleet view, responsive design

Caterpillar has completely redesigned its VisionLink telematics dashboard, rebuilding the web interface to work better with smartphones and tablets and enabling it to display information from both third-party machine manufacturers and telematics hardware makers. Developed under Cat’s Virtual Site Solutions joint venture with Trimble and launched/unveiled at the Bauma trade show here in Munich on […]

April 11, 2016

Technology

Caterpillar’s Era of Analytics: Coaching customers, autonomous machines and more tech the Iron Giant is planning for the future

Five years ago, hardly any heavy equipment was connected with telematics, says Paolo Fellin, vice president of construction and infrastructure industries at Caterpillar. Today, he says, the company has more than 300,000 connected machines worldwide. “Two years ago, when I visited customers and talked about technology, sometimes they would get a glazed look in their […]

July 17, 2015

Technology

Caterpillar will pay back $1 for each gallon of fuel you burn beyond its benchmarks

This week Caterpillar unveiled a new fuel guarantee initiative that will give participating contractors $1 back for every gallon of diesel their newly acquired machines burn above the benchmarked rates established by the company. The Fuel Consumption Guarantee program will run between May 1 and December 31 this year. Contractors who buy an eligible Cat […]

May 15, 2015

Business

Caterpillar to crunch even more data through acquisition of marine analytics firm ESRG

Just in case you didn’t think Caterpillar was really serious about this whole Big Data thing, the company today announced it has completed the acquisition of a marine industry analytics company. Caterpillar Marine has acquired ESRG Technologies Group, a Virginia Beach-based company specializing in marine telematics and analytics. The acquisition will bring ESRG’s telematics software, which […]

April 15, 2015

Business

Caterpillar doubles down on dedication to equipment data with new Analytics & Innovation division

Following through on its March promise to work to begin rolling out predictive diagnostic improvements to its Produc Link telematics service “in the coming months,” Caterpillar has announced the creation of a new division within the company that will focus solely on data and creating new ways for its customers to put the information to work. […]

April 13, 2015

Technology

Caterpillar’s predictive diagnostics will enable more “repairs before failure” in future telematics updates

It’s not too often that you’ll see a construction boss smile while talking about an equipment operator mishandling a machine. But with a recent job, taking place hundreds of miles away from his office, Allen Feller got a taste of the magic of telematics. Feller is the co-owner of Feller Enterprises, an excavation firm based in St. George, […]

March 12, 2015

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar is planning a Big Data lab that will assist in telematics development

Caterpillar has announced an expansion of its efforts in the realm of telematics and how the company analyzes the large amounts of complex data it collects from its customers’ machines. According to a report from the News-Gazette, Cat plans to open the new lab in the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign. The company made […]

September 15, 2014