en.Wedoany.com Reported - Caterpillar Inc. has acquired Skycatch, Inc., a provider of spatial data collection, processing, and analysis solutions for the mining industry. This move strengthens Caterpillar's technological capabilities following its recent acquisition of RPMGlobal (RPM), expanding its data-driven mining technology solutions portfolio aimed at helping customers optimize material handling.

Denise Johnson, President of Caterpillar's Resource Industries group, stated that acquiring Skycatch aligns with the company's strategy to address customers' most complex challenges. By integrating high-resolution, near-real-time spatial data into RPM and MineStar solutions, it can help customers improve mine performance, enhancing the safety, productivity, and predictability of manned or autonomous fleet operations.

Skycatch's technology enables large-scale, high-frequency, high-precision spatial data collection, combined with a suite of artificial intelligence capabilities for identifying, measuring, and interacting with this data to deliver better operational performance. This provides mining customers with more timely operational insights, improving the speed and accuracy of decision-making.

Richard Mathews, CEO of RPMGlobal, noted that Skycatch's ability to process massive amounts of spatial data at significantly increased speeds opens up fundamentally different ways of operating. With a near-real-time operational spatial view, mining companies can adjust plans based on changing conditions, improving alignment between planning and execution to achieve more predictable outcomes.

By generating digital twins of mine sites in near real-time and directly integrating them into existing software solutions, customers can incorporate accurate, up-to-date data into their planning and execution workflows. This means better decisions, reduced delays, and increased confidence in daily operations.

Christian Sanz, founder of Skycatch, expressed pride in what Skycatch has achieved over the past decade and excitement about starting this new chapter with Caterpillar. This step enhances the ability to support customers while increasing the value that can be delivered to them.