Application: Autonomous Mining Operations
Description
This encompasses the deployment of automated vehicles, drilling systems, and GPS-based navigation technologies to enhance efficiency, safety, and precision in extracting and processing minerals, particularly in challenging environments such as underground mines.
Devices
- Driverless vehicles and Autonomous Drilling Systems that can operate without human intervention allow operations around the clock, enabling minerals to be extracted and processed in shorter time-frames. Real-Time Kinematic GPS (RTK-GPS) is used In underground mines due to a limited range of signal transmission below the surface and lack of satellite coverage in depth. RTK-GPS is used to ensure autonomous vehicles and drilling systems have clear path-tracking and collision avoidance capabilities. GPS-guided drilling operations. GPS provides accurate information to the drill head to control its direction deep within the earth.
KPIs
| KPI | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Communication Service Availability | Very high: > 99.999% | — |
| Criticality | Safety critical | — |
| Priority Service (NS/EP) | No | — |
| Service Continuity | Required | — |
| Mobility | High speed vehicular: 120 to 350 km/h | — |
| Communication Direction | Two-way | — |
| Data Reporting Mode | Hybrid driven | — |