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Nice! Are they going to spread out into other areas? Drilling rigs? Muckers? Something to replace the Sandvik rigs and fully automate drilling and blasting
by LinuxBender 6y ago
Nice! Are they going to spread out into other areas? Drilling rigs? Muckers? Something to replace the Sandvik rigs and fully automate drilling and blasting would be cool. They are already partially automated (pattern, depth) but require a human to operate. I think getting humans out of mines should reduce insurance costs and health risks.
- gbuk2013 6y agoThey are actively testing self-driving combine harvesters in Russia, which makes perfect sense: large fields without too many random objects and mind numbing work for a human pilot. https://www.foodandfarmingtechnology.com/news/autonomous-vehicles/russias-self-driving-combine-harvester-works-flawlessly.html https://www.foodandfarmingtechnology.com/news/autonomous-veh... Also big-ass mining trucks: https://techacute.com/zyfra-huawei-5g-test-autonomous-mining-trucks-russia/ https://techacute.com/zyfra-huawei-5g-test-autonomous-mining...