Space technology monitors heavy mining machines

Spin-offs from space programmes are used in a new system for remote monitoring of heavy-duty machinery at excavation and mining sites worldwide.

Four different technologies supported by ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme have joined effort to implement a new system for remote monitoring of heavy-duty machinery operating at excavation and mining sites worldwide.

The Dutch company Emxys that develops intelligent-textile products for health monitoring of athletes, provided their TrainGrid technology, an intelligent shirt that can monitor the health of machine operators, improving their safety.