Autonomous tech is gaining traction on earth and space , with partnerships exploring the development of moon infrastructure and retrofitting vehicles
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AI-POWERED AUTONOMY TRANSFORMS MINING
Autonomous tech is gaining traction on earth and space , with partnerships exploring the development of moon infrastructure and retrofitting vehicles
WRITTEN BY : DOMINIC ELLIS
Autonomous technology continues to carve in-roads throughout the mining sector – even extending to the realms of outer space .
SafeAI and MACA recently announced a partnership to retrofit a fleet of 100 mixed vehicles .
Together with SafeAI ’ s Australian partner , Position Partners , the companies will create one of the largest autonomous heavy equipment fleets in Australia , powering safer , more productive and more cost-effective mine sites .
SafeAI has built a next-generation autonomous platform that pairs the latest in AI with heavy industry . The company ’ s platform is interoperable and vehicleagnostic , enabling mining and construction companies to retrofit any vehicle , from any manufacturer , with autonomous technology . With advanced multimodal sensors and significant onboard processing power , SafeAIenabled equipment can independently make efficient , accurate decisions to keep operations running smoothly and safely , 24 / 7 .
“ The mining industry has had autonomous equipment for more than 20 years , but we ’ ve gone as far as we can go with the first iteration of this technology ,” said Bibhrajit Halder , founder and CEO of SafeAI .
“ SafeAI and MACA are going all-in on the next generation of autonomy — a generation that is AI-powered , versatile and scalable to bring meaningful , widespread change to the mining industry .”
MACA , a rapidly-growing contract miner that recently reported a $ 13bn pipeline of opportunities , needed a solution capable of scaling with its business .
SafeAI ’ s interoperable retrofit technology unlocks newfound scalability and versatility by enabling the company to optimise its existing fleet , rather than forcing it to complete a highly time-consuming and costly transition to an entirely new fleet of autonomous vehicles .
76 May 2022