Vehicle and machine telematics: GPS trackers, CAN bus data, sensors on board and how their data are read and used.
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AI accident reconstruction turns the raw accelerometer data that a vehicle's GPS tracker sends after an impact into a clear, objective impact report available in real time. Mative Cloud isolates a ±5-minute window around the event, a Machine Learning model classifies the side of the impact (front, rear, left or right) with an accuracy exceeding 95%, and an LLM turns that result into a readable narrative for car rental and fleet operators.
On-board load weight measurement tells a fleet manager how much each truck is carrying in real time, without installing load cells in the suspension. Mative's solution fits an angular sensor on the chassis, linked by a rod to the axle: the heavier the load, the more the suspension deflects and the wider the angle. After a calibration at a weighbridge, the cloud converts that angle into weight with an accuracy of 3–5% of the maximum payload.
Mative's depth measurement system for excavators continuously detects the position of the arm's moving elements and, with a proprietary geometric algorithm, computes in real time the excavation depth with centimeter-level precision. The data are sent automatically to the cloud, where site and fleet managers can monitor, archive and analyze them, and the system installs quickly without modifying the machine structure.
RFID monitoring on garbage collection trucks identifies every bin automatically: a passive UHF tag on the container is powered and read by an antenna near the lifting mechanism, and the onboard computer confirms the emptying with the arm sensors. Each collection event is enriched with timestamp and GPS coordinates and sent over 4G/5G to Mative's back-office, where it supports Pay-As-You-Throw billing, route optimization and SLA monitoring.
Advanced telematics for agriculture means reading CAN bus and GPS data from tractors, harvesters and other farm vehicles to know in real time where they are, how they work and how much fuel they use. Mative's Synapsis FMX Smart CAN Control does this with the Teltonika FMB140 device and the Synapsis IoT platform, adding alerts, geofencing and maintenance scheduling based on actual use.
The CAN bus is a two-wire network (CAN low and CAN high) that lets every electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle or machine communicate with all the others, without complex dedicated wiring. Data travels in CAN frames, each with a CAN ID and a data payload: to use it you connect a CAN logger (in most cars through the OBD2 port) and decode the raw frames into physical values such as km/h or °C.
Driver insurance protects against the financial consequences of accidents, theft and other unforeseen events, and insurers rely on software to manage policies, claims and customer service. This article shows how Progressive, Geico and Allstate use telematics-based usage-based insurance, digital claims with photo-based damage assessment, virtual assistants and mobile apps with roadside assistance.