MINING

The rise of robotics: It's mining, but not as we know it

Mining has entered a robotics boom as developers take substantial strides in artificial intelligence, use of drones, and data capture and analysis technology says Queensland Robotics executive chairman Andrew Scott.

 IMDEX’s BlastDog is intended to be an autonomous system measuring rock characteristics and delivering the information from the raw data directly into the mine blasting and material control systems

IMDEX’s BlastDog is intended to be an autonomous system measuring rock characteristics and delivering the information from the raw data directly into the mine blasting and material control systems

Queensland Robotics executive chairman Andrew Scott told an IMDEX Xploration Technology Symposium that with the development of autonomous haulage and drilling technology, the mining industry had moved...

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