Q&A: Digging into simulation
Humans have been using simulators to train for machine operation for almost a century. From the Link Trainer, the first flight simulation device, created in 1929, to today’s plethora of mass-produced virtual reality and video game-style machine operation simulators, we have always seen value in simulating operation.
For heavy equipment operators, simulators are a tool that can be used for things like facilitating muscle memory for the controls of a machine, cutting down on the emissions of full in-machine training and avoiding accidents and injury caused by inexperience.
Montreal’s CM Labs has designed many different types of software for training simulators, including excavators, bulldozers and wheel loaders.
CM Labs’ software is trusted by various training programs and institutions, including the Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario, an institution backed by the Government of Canada.
