Tag: Drones in Mining
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Precision Mapping: The Mechanics of SLAM and Its Applications in the Mining Industry
As industries increasingly lean towards automation, the mining sector stands at the forefront of integrating cutting-edge technologies, like autonomous robots, to enhance operational efficiency and safety. This week’s Blog from Exyn Technologies breaks down what Simultaneous Localization and Mapping means and exploring how they enable robots to ‘see’ and ‘understand’ their surroundings, thereby revolutionizing the…
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Attracting The Next Generation of Mining Talent
Mining companies are increasingly incorporating innovation that is changing the industry for the better. This week’s Blog from Exyn Technologies looks at how their technology can make operations safer, more productive, and more sustainable, as well as more attractive to the next generation of mining talent.
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How Autonomous Robots are Transforming the Mining Industry
With mounting pressure in recent times to cut costs, increase operational efficiency, and lower the risk to human lives, mining companies around the world are seeking to transform their business through digital innovation. This week’s Blog from Exyn Technologies explores the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning is allowing mining companies to increase safety…
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Supercharging Survey Teams with Autonomous Cavity Mapping Robots
The work of monitoring and surveying large underground structures is complex and potentially dangerous work, using traditional scanning methods this process can take multiple hours of scanning per pillar per mine. But this week’s Blog from Exyn Technologies discusses how new robotic breakthroughs are making it possible for surveyors to map large underground cavities safely…
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How Drones are Radically Improving Mining Inspections
Drone technology has proven to be transformative for the mining industry improving the precision and quality of data acquisition, but also elevating safety standards and reducing operational costs. This week’s Blog from Flyability take a look one of their indoor drones – the Elios 3 – and shows us how it can help tackle the…
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These Surveyors Were Made For Walkin’: The Impact of 3D Mobile Mapping
In the mining industry, the analysis of underground cavities has traditionally relied on terrestrial laser scanners that are mounted on booms or tripods to capture detailed scans. However, the high-tech world of robotics and AI has help to create a more elegant solution. This week’s Blog from Exyn Technologies talks about their SLAM technology and…
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Exyn’s Autonomous Drone Helps Safely Evaluate a Closed 1940s Mine
An underground gold mine complex in British Columbia from the 1940s probably isn’t where you’d expect to find cutting-edge technology. This week’s Blog looks at how older mines that weren’t profitable to excavate decades ago could, for the first time, be mapped and be revived using Exyn’s technology.
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Four Cutting-edge Technologies Set to Change the Future of Mining
This weeks post talks about four cutting-edge technologies that could help change the future of mining.