How Universal Field Robots can help accelerate mining automation
The world’s mining leaders have ranked innovation and technological transformation as the second key growth strategy in KPMG’s Risks and Opportunities for Mining – Global Outlook 2020 survey.
And in its recently released Global Mining COVID-19 report, KPMG lists embracing technology on its list of growth opportunities in the pandemic as:
“Embracing and a focus on increasing the use of technology enablement to keep organisations operating. Areas such as equipment automation and use of bots for support functions.”
Technology and innovation are ways to overcome risks and challenges in the mining sector, assisting in all areas of mining from improving the productivity of their asset portfolios, safety, environmental sustainability, and operations.
With our key technologies of robotics and automation, Universal Field Robots is well positioned to help the world’s major industries, including mining, to become safer, more efficient, and sustainable.
In the energy and mining sector our UFR Automation applications include surface mining blasthole sensing, underground mining blasthole cleaning and surveying, haul truck refuelling, logistics support, and underground road clean up.
One of the key ways UFR assists the mining industry is by building autonomous field robots that can operate around the clock. Our innovative sensing technology means machines can complete complex tasks, keeping people and objects safe and additionally collecting valuable data.
Our machines are known for their quality, superior technology, and reliability. We use tried-and-tested mechanical platforms as the foundation of our products, which means the cost of completing mining applications is lowered.
We offer solutions that can:
– help optimise blasting based on high-resolution three-dimensional material models built from sensor data,
– eliminate setting out, transport and manual handling, and separate people from hazardous activity and noise,
– provide appropriately sized vehicle platforms, such as ATVs, trucks, or excavators equipped with UFR Autonomy and
– directed with our dispatch and scheduling system for delivery of material and components for the construction and resources sectors.
Our robot software includes:
– User interfaces
– Autonomous mission planning
– Functional Safety and security
– Drive to location navigation and mapping
– Perception to digitise features and objects
– An arm to move, position, and manipulate
– Remote diagnostics
– Over the air auto-updates
Universal Field Robots is the robotic automation solution that is delivering accelerated time to market, decreased risk of failure, and decreased overall cost.
To discover how we can collaborate for success on your projects, get in touch: hello@universalfieldrobots.com.au or: https://universalfieldrobots.com.au/contact/
