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Collaboration with Electro-Motive Diesel
Collaboration with Electro-Motive Diesel.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 1973S Seeing Machines Limited 22 September 2014 \n\nSeeing Machines and Electro-Motive Diesel\nCollaborate on Operator Fatigue Monitoring Systems\n \n22 September 2014\nSeeing Machines Limited, the AIM-listed (AIM: SEE) technology company pioneering computer-vision based operator monitoring and intervention technology services, has signed a strategic agreement with Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD), a subsidiary of Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar Company, related to in-cab operator fatigue and distraction monitoring systems for use in locomotives. A contract signing ceremony will be held at a press conference at InnoTrans-the largest international transport technology show-in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 1-1:45 p.m. in Press Center Hall 6.3, Room A.\nThe underlying Seeing Machines Driver Safety System (DSS) technology is based on patented eye-tracking and analytics that detects driver distraction and fatigue while on the job. Following a previously announced agreement with Caterpillar Global Mining, this exclusive agreement, with an initial term of three years, will allow Seeing Machines and EMD to develop and adapt technology for the rail industry.\n\"We are excited to be working with EMD,\" said Seeing Machines Chief Executive Officer 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 proving this in the challenging applications of mining, and we expect to achieve the same positive results working with EMD in rail transport. We also expect very positive follow on into our next horizon markets in road transport, commercial vehicles and aviation.\" \nProgress Rail and EMD President and Chief Executive Officer Billy Ainsworth added, \"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.\"\nProgress Rail and EMD are exhibiting in two booths at InnoTrans-Hall 6.2/Stand 220 and Hall 22/Stand 205. In Stand 220, the technology quadrant ...