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World's largest robot rolling

RIO Tinto says it has put the world's largest robot to work, deploying its Autohaul automated heavy-haul, long distance rail network at its iron ore operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

Rio Tinto has officially deployed its Autohaul autonomous rail system.

Rio Tinto has officially deployed its Autohaul autonomous rail system.

The network went live on December 28. Since completing the first loaded run in July, Rio Tinto steadily increased the number of autonomous journeys, with more than 1 million kilometres so far travelled...

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