TECHNOLOGY

Hovermap takes flight where even angels fear to tread

AN autonomous drone system that operates in underground areas deemed too dangerous or difficult for people to enter will be commercialised by developer Emesent; a Queensland-based spin-out of Australia's national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.

Emesent’s Hovermap technology automates data collection in underground areas too dangerous or difficult for people to survey or navigate, like stopes or ore passes in mines.

Emesent’s Hovermap technology automates data collection in underground areas too dangerous or difficult for people to survey or navigate, like stopes or ore passes in mines.

Emesent's Hovermap technology automates data collection in underground areas too dangerous or difficult for people to survey or navigate, like stopes or ore passes in mines. The technology will now be...

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