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 Integrating the Mine and MillTuesday, September 22, 2009According to a paper by Professor John Meech of UBC, North American mines can only compete with other regions who are producing high-grade, easy-to-treat ores by operating their plants at maximum efficiency using automation and economies of scale. read more » Using Insects to Model Equipment Dispatching Systems Tuesday, August 04, 2009Here's a novel approach to model an equipment dispatching system: use the swarming behaviour of insects! The dispatch of trucks and shovels is an important part of the success of an open pit mine. The following paper by Bissiri et al. introduces a new technique that uses insect swarming to model and simulate a dispatching system. read more » Could Robots Replace Humans in Mines?Tuesday, August 14, 2007Why do human beings still risk their lives burrowing miles under ground and doing one of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in the world? read more » I Think Mining BlogWednesday, January 31, 2007Some paper magazines will never die. They are the ones with high quality, thoughtful, well-written articles. The rest are doomed to fade and wither. Part of their problem is the competition of Blogs read more » 50-Year PerspectiveThursday, November 02, 2006What will mining be like in fifty and five hundred years? We can only guess at five hundred, but for fifty, we can extrapolate current trends to venture a prediction. read more » Sensor Networks For DummiesWednesday, September 6, 2006When I read this article, I remembered an expression I heard a long time ago: “No technical problem will remain unsolved forever”.
A new Sun Microsystems initiative aims to make the programming of sensor networks easier read more » Robot Miners of the FutureThursday, August 31, 2006Advanced robotics is making many mining jobs more efficient and less dangerous. The world's largest robot has been strutting its stuff in a Queensland coal pit, demonstrating how open-cut mines of the future may work.
read more » Idaho National Laboratory and Mining RoboticsMonday, August 28, 2006The teams of engineers and scientists conducting work on robotics applications for mining employ their diverse backgrounds for advanced, innovative technical development. read more » Mining Robotics in AustraliaTuesday, August 15, 2006The objective of this work is to apply robotics technology as it is currently practiced in the manufacturing industry to applications in the mining industry, hence Mining Robotics. read more » Autonomous Underground Mining ProjectFriday, August 4, 2006The objective of the Automated Underground Mining project is to develop and commercialize robotics technologies for semi-automating continuous mining machines and other underground mining equipment. read more » |
