TECHNOLOGY

Robot milestones

RIO Tinto’s fleet of autonomous haul trucks have moved their 1 billionth tonne of material as Komatsu celebrates the 10th anniversary of the commercial deployment of the Autonomous Haulage System.

Noel Dyson
Two of the five AHS Komatsu trucks Rio Tinto trialled at Hope Downs.

Two of the five AHS Komatsu trucks Rio Tinto trialled at Hope Downs.

Komatsu trucks make up the more than 80-strong Rio Tinto autonomous fleet and the miner is planning to increase this to more than 140 by the end of 2019.  Last month Rio Tinto approved retrofit programs...

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