The automation of mining through robots not only increases operational efficiency but also significantly reduces workers' exposure to extreme conditions. The use of robots allows workers to be moved ...

There is a renaissance of interest in using robotics in mining in South Africa,” affirms Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Materials Science and Manufacturing Operational Unit ...

More and more robots are making a variety of tasks and operations -- such as factory work, picking crops, and even noodle making -- more efficient, and mining is no exception. Engineers have developed ...

A Virginia robotics company wants to challenge some of the norms of autonomous driving. It's built a scalable operating platform that can scale to work with vacuum cleaners, cars, farm equipment, ...

The company’s Software Defined Automation approach is helping to turn rapid innovation into safe, scalable robotics systems ...

The partnership will focus on using artificial intelligence, robotics and quantum computing to improve automation, safety, ...

In the next decade, the mining industry may lose more than half of its jobs to automation, according to a new report. That’s not based on future technologies, but on automated equipment being deployed ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Global mining innovation, which has been treading water for about half a century, could be about to break out as it looks to robots and giant ocean bed worms for inspiration, ...

Chinese cat robot built to always stick landing could revolutionise asteroid mining, scientists say - Scientists test robot ...

In this impromptu interview, Jan Hennecke, a robotics product manager at igus, defines “value creation” as he works the robotics tradeshow circuit. Machine Design checked in with Jan Hennecke, product ...