FEATURE ARTICLE – Collision Avoidance

The technology is there today to enable conventional manned machines, not just autonomous ones, to slow down or stop themselves to avoid collision with another machine or worker. But applying it in practice is not without its challenges, reports Paul Moore in this month’s Spotlight Feature Article. The image shows an underground loader equipped with Booyco’s PDS – the South African based company has have deployed Level 9 solutions at more than 15 of its customer sites.