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Caterpillar at CES

Walking the aisles of the Las Vegas Convention Center’s West Hall during CES 2023, the sight of the big, 100-ton Cat 777 off-highway truck will be a new and welcome addition to the automotive technology area, says Caterpillar. Beyond its distinctive yellow iron, there is also innovative Cat MineStar Command for hauling technology inside the truck that allows it to safely haul materials autonomously.

This represents more than 560 Cat autonomous trucks that each day travel a distance equivalent to twice the Earth’s circumference, without a driver. Over the last nine years, trucks equipped with Command have hauled more than 5 billion tonnes of material, and today Caterpillar has the world’s largest single fleet of autonomous trucks operating at one site.  

Autonomy, technology, and sustainability will take centre stage in Caterpillar’s roughly 6,300sq ft exhibit on January 5th to 8th 2023. Beyond autonomous haulage, the company will showcase construction and mining safety, fleet management technologies, equipment health options, high-precision guidance technologies and material tracking solutions.

The exhibit’s centerpiece, the autonomous Cat 777 truck, dwarfs the size of vehicles in nearby automotive displays. Like autonomous cars, autonomous mining and construction vehicles operate without a driver on board. Further, autonomous mining trucks operate 24/7 in some of the most extreme environments and safely navigate where there are no lane lines to follow.

Four themed experiences will help guide attendees through the booth: Big Solutions (highlights Caterpillar’s leadership in developing the most advanced technologies in the world); Big Innovation (showcases why Caterpillar is a recognized leader in autonomous mining); Big Responsibility (covers how the company’s technologies help build a better, more sustainable world); and Big Opportunities (focuses on the people creating the high-tech solutions).

Attendees will stand inside the 777’s truck bed and experience the big impact Cat technologies are making in the mining and construction industries, as well as the positive impact mining makes on our world. iPad stations will offer an augmented reality experience with each iPad focusing on a different subject.

Cat Command technologies will be featured in real time, using two remote operating stations connected to equipment hundreds of miles away. One station will remotely operate a Cat large dozer, while the second – a single universal station that can operate multiple types of Cat construction equipment – will be remotely connected to a Cat excavator. Caterpillar experts will be on hand to help attendees learn more about these technologies. Attendees will also learn how Caterpillar is expanding autonomy to help lead the energy transformation, launching multiple initiatives with customers to develop battery electric vehicles.

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