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Could Optimus robots help keep miners out of harm's way?

Paper shows zero entry mining makes financial sense

Poses the challenge of taking people out of harm's way

27 May 2025

Trucks fitted with autonomous technology at the Zhundong open pit coal mine.

Thiess, Norton, Eacon team for autonomy

Looking to create some Orcastra manoeuvres in the dark (and the light)

15 May 2025

Ouster to supply lidar sensors for Komatsu equipment

Sensors will provide better perception and enhanced vehicle functionality

14 May 2025

Get ready for the next wave of AI

Generative AI was so 2024. Now it's time for Agentic AI

13 May 2025

Honeywell tech for Iluka's Eneabba refinery

The control system includes enhanced cybersecurity features

28 April 2025

One of the battery-electric Caterpillar 793s that BHP will trial.

AI may be the answer to mining net zero

While decarbonisation plans are stalling, real results have already come

24 March 2025

Shaun Newton (left), Matt Langbridge, David McCloskey, and Ben Lang at Longwall 2025.

Data to drive coal mines of the next decade

Coal mines of the future will use their data to continuously improve themselves

21 March 2025

CSIRO's Dr Andrew Strange told the Longwall 2025 conference that the agency was cooperating with coal mining operations to prove a suite of automation projects.

CSIRO ready to take underground automation to next level

Working with underground coal mines to further the automation of mining systems

19 March 2025

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