Robots help ‘smart mines’ drive China’s coal build-out
Mining News Pro - Deep beneath the earth’s surface in a remote corner of northern China, a mechanical monster comes to life. Two massive discs armed with dozens of metallic teeth begin spinning against a solid wall, spraying dust and shiny black chunks of coal.
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Moon mining robots to be trained for autonomy
Mining News Pro - A research team from the University of Arizona has received $US500,000 ($679,217) from NASA for a Moon mining technique using swarms of autonomous robots to unearth important mineral resources.
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The future of mine safety;
Less time underground, more autonomous tech/robots
Mining News Pro - Reliance on autonomous technology so that miners spend less and less time underground and using predictive analytics tools not only to assess rock mechanics but also workers’ wellbeing in and off-site, may become the pillars of mine safety in the future.
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