CM Labs Intellia Instructor Now Includes Dynamic Fault Injection for Earthmoving Equipment

• CM Labs Simulations introduces Earthmoving Fault Injection for its Intellia Instructor training tool, enhancing simulation-based training with live, instructor-triggered machine faults and weather events.

• The new feature aims to prepare operators for real-world challenges by simulating risky situations that cannot be safely recreated with actual equipment, promoting critical thinking and situational awareness.

• Operators training with the Earthmoving Fault Injection will experience distractions and equipment malfunctions, such as flat tires and distracting sounds, to improve their equipment control and manual dexterity.

• The feature is built on CM Labs’ proprietary core technology, ensuring realistic simulation experiences that directly impact safety violations and operational efficiencies.

• This release is part of CM Labs’ ongoing effort to address key industry issues like operator safety, sustainability, productivity, and workforce management through innovative training solutions.

• Intellia Instructor supports scalable training programs with features like sophisticated report generation, customizable learning paths, and the ability for instructors to monitor trainees in real-time from a tablet.

Innovative training revolutionizes how operators prepare for real-world challenges with live instructor-triggered events and machine faults in the virtual worksite.

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CM Labs Simulations, the leading vendor for simulation-based training in the construction, utilities, and ports industries, today announced the launch of the Earthmoving Fault Injection feature for its training management tool, Intellia Instructor.

“Fault injection for earthmoving equipment joins our fault injection for cranes as well as triggered weather events. This is a really powerful trio in Intellia Instructor and is a unique way to train operators for risky situations impossible to safely recreate with actual equipment,” said Davis Sieu, product manager for CM Labs’ earthmoving training. “Life is unscripted, and your training should be, too.”

Operators must use their judgment to solve operating challenges in the virtual worksite, translating to real-world critical thinking skills. The result: more impactful training sessions where operators sharpen their situational awareness, master equipment control, and refine their manual dexterity while navigating through equipment malfunctions or distractions.

The triggered events realistically affect safety violations or efficiencies. Distracting sounds, such as an emergency vehicle siren or cell phone ringing, can lead to operator errors. With a flat tire, pressure or tire stiffness is lost, affecting the vehicle and ultimately affecting productivity. Weather faults—like Zero Visibility—require operators to learn to follow verbal instructions from their trainers or face serious safety issues while operating equipment. This is all possible due to CM Labs’ proprietary core technology, which lies at the heart of every one of its simulation training packs.

This innovative approach not only prepares novice operators for unexpected situations but also significantly improves their safety on the worksite, making it an indispensable tool in the construction industry. “Through this release, CM Labs continues to expand its comprehensive family of products that address key industry issues such as operator safety, sustainability, productivity, and workforce management,” said Sieu.

Earlier this year, CM Labs launched Intellia Instructor – the next evolutionary step in simulation training. Designed to empower organizations to scale their training, it includes sophisticated report generation, customizable learning paths, live faults and weather challenges, and streamlined administrative functions. Uncoupled and untethered from a teaching station, instructors can support multiple trainees in real time via a tablet while closely monitoring each individual's performance.