HD Construction Equipment wins Italian innovation award for AI safety tech

HD Construction Equipment said Tuesday its emergency automated equipment stop technology (E-Stop) has won Italy’s SaMoTer Innovation Award, expanding its push in Europe’s tightly regulated construction market. The company’s E-Stop system automatically activates the brakes on construction equipment when its onboard cameras and radar sensors detect people or objects within its operating radius. Powered by AI deep learning, the technology can accurately distinguish human workers from other objects