Top 5 Reasons the S3 PDS is the Most Effective and Affordable Advanced Collision Avoidance System on the Market Today

What’s included in an advanced collision avoidance system for mobile equipment? SIERA.AI gets this question often because not all advanced collision avoidance system for mobile equipment is created equal. We’ll take you through some of the key features of the forklift safety system and point out some of the difference to pay closer attention to and why.

What is an Advanced Collision Avoidance System for Mobile Equipment?

A collision avoidance system decreases the severity of a forklift or mobile equipment accident by providing a warning to the driver a few seconds before an incident occurs. An advanced collision avoidance system for mobile equipment takes safety to the next level by utilizing advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence AI with machine learning to provide a more accurate warning system that greatly improves the safety of the drivers, pedestrians and the facility around the mobile equipment.

Let’s take a closer look at an advanced collision avoidance system for mobile equipment, the S3 Pedestrian Detection System or S3 PDS.

Difference #1: The S3 PDS AI Machine Learning Technology

Advanced technology has been applied to the pedestrian detection system. The way that SIERA.AI utilizes the technology can be best explained like this: A forklift monitor or scanner is installed at the top of the forklift either at the front, back or both the front and back of the forklift truck or other mobile equipment. The monitor or scanner is there to take in the information that it is scanning. That information that it is scanning is sent to the central ‘brain’ where the AI machine learning technology resides.

Difference #2: Identifying a Person or an Object

The AI machine learning technology has years of experience identifying information. As the information comes in from the monitor, it begins to identify if there is an object or a person in the forklift or mobile equipment’s path. Now all of this happens very, very quickly. The AI machine learning technology can tell the difference between a person and an object. And yes, this is critical. Say for instance the forklift driver sees a pile of boxes in its path. The driver may use its forks to move the boxes from its path to a safer or better location. What if there’s a person working behind those boxes? We’ll get to that in a second.

Difference #3: Visual and Audio Warnings

When the S3 PDS identifies a person in its path, it will give a visual warning or alert with a picture of a person along with an audio warning. This helps the driver know that there’s a person in its path. Now the same holds true if it is an object, such as boxes, pallets, a pile of cans…whatever. If it’s not a human, it’s an object. It will again warn the driver that there is an object(s) in its path and will the S3 PDS will give a visual warning with a picture of a box along with an audio warning. Based on the learning of the AI machine learning system, its intelligence will give the driver a visual alert of a person or an object.

Difference #4: Partial Human Detection

Remember the question above that states what if there’s a person behind the box? This is the answer to that question. Partial human detection, another important feature, will identify a person if they are behind a box or object and their head, foot, arm is sticking out from on top, or side of the object. That’s the beauty of AI machine learning technology. It can detect a person by a head or limb. And workers are quite frequently bending, stooping, or on all fours working to put product away. This is incredibly useful in the facility.

Difference #5: Telemetry Dashboard

All of this information is critical and is recorded in the telemetry dashboard. But what is it collecting? It’s recording near misses, as well as low, medium and high impacts. Near misses is different. No other company records near misses. We believe this is the window to future accidents. Knowing how many near misses and where they are occurring within your facility gives you the knowledge and ability to make the change before it turns into an accident. Preventative measures at play.

Summary

So here you have 5 very good reasons to try the S3 PDS or S3 Pedestrian Detection System and ‘see’ for yourself why this is the best system for your investment. Contact us to get started at sales@siera.ai.