Autonomous Mining

Integrating autonomy into existing mining vehicles can significantly enhance both safety and productivity by delegating high-risk and repetitive tasks to autonomous systems. By incorporating Neya’s advanced perception systems into standard surface mining vehicles, the industry can effectively address safety concerns while improving operational efficiency. This approach not only reduces the exposure of human operators to hazardous conditions, but also streamlines processes, leading to more consistent and optimized performance.

This system lessens the amount of stopping time required at mining intersections or to change human drivers. Every stop at an intersection adds minutes to each haul cycle, and with hundreds of trips per day, these stops accumulate into lost operational hours and increased fuel consumption. When quantified on an annual basis per vehicle, reducing the time spent at these stops can save mining companies millions of dollars per year, significantly reduce energy costs, and improve worker safety.

Benefits of our Solution:

Safety: Our standards-based, safety-rated autonomy stack delivers safer autonomous operations through auditable requirements, mining-compliant hardware and software, and a cloud-hosted simulation and test environment. This gives customers direct visibility into system performance and validation.

Productivity: Our AI-driven solution combines deep mining expertise with advanced autonomy to maximize productivity through throughput-focused capabilities, resilient operation in communications-and GPS-denied environments, and complete data access for end-to-end value chain optimization.

Cost: Our open, modular autonomy architecture reduces operating costs through interoperable, freedom-of-fleet deployment and reduced dependence on supporting infrastructure and change management.