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Mining Robotics

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Synonyms

Automated mining; Automated resource extraction; Autonomous drilling; Autonomous haulage; Autonomous tramming; Mining automation; Robotic Excavation

Definition

Mining robotics refers to the full automation, semiautomation, or remote control of mining equipment, including both fixed and mobile machines, toward improving the feasibility, safety, productivity, and efficiency of modern mining operations.

Overview and Challenges

Mining is the practice of extracting minerals and other valuable materials from the Earth’s crust – or, in future, possibly from extraterrestrial bodies – to the benefit of humankind. Modern mining operations involve heavily mechanized processes that employ large diesel-driven, hydraulic, and/or electrically actuated equipment. What is more, these industrial machines must operate in harsh, dynamic, and uncertain natural environments that may also pose persistent physical and health risks to humans. Thus, the use of robotics in mining is not only about the...

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  1. Ingenuity Labs Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

    Joshua A. Marshall

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  1. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Blk 1E Gillman Hts #17-43, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Marcelo H Ang

  2. Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Oussama Khatib

  3. Dipto di Informatica e Sistemistca, Univ di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy

    Bruno Siciliano

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  1. Australian Centre for Field Robotics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Salah Sukkarieh

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Marshall, J.A. (2020). Mining Robotics. In: Ang, M., Khatib, O., Siciliano, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Robotics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41610-1_35-1

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