Work starts this month
KamAZ together with Kuzbass State Technical University will develop an unmanned mining dump truck with a lifting capacity of 220 tons.
Work on creating a dump truck will start in February 2024. <…> Among the main tasks of the research sites is the theoretical study of the dynamics of the movement of a mining dump truck through simulation modeling, as well as the development of a software and hardware complex for the design of an unmanned mining dump truck, a preliminary design of a dump truck and a technical design of an unmanned traffic system, technical design and working design documentation for a digital dispatch system for a coal mine.
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The press service stated that the dump truck will move in robotic mode, and its movement will be determined by trajectories in the digital platform.
This will eliminate maneuvers under loading and on the dump, which will reduce operating costs for transporting rock mass by increasing productivity. Fuel costs and costs for large tires will also be reduced.