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Look – No Hands!



A 30t LHD in the 'workshop' section of an artificial mine constructed for R&D. The shade cloth walls are opaque to lasers, but transparent to radio waves, allowing the test system to communicate using a standard LAN.


  • The advanced underground Toro 60 truck at work; underground mines offer...

  • Autonomous navigation remains high on the agenda. Atlas Copco recently...

  • One of Sandvik's autonomous trucks working underground. The AutoMine system...

  • Scooptram ST1520 loading a Minetruck MT5010.

  • The safe and clean control room for remote control loading.

  • A 30t LHD in the 'workshop' section of an artificial mine constructed for...

  • An autonomous vehicle being loaded underground. Automating the 'haul' part of...

  • A conventional remote control system; mine trucks are supervised from a...

  • Automated systems run in separate sections of the mine, with human access to...

  • The AutoMine system in operation in Finsch Mine. AutoMine relies on lasers...

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