MINING VEHICLE TASK CONTROL

According to an example aspect of the present application, there is provided an apparatus and method to manage tasks in a mine environment (1), in particular tasks relating to mining vehicles (10) and unmanned aerial vehicles (50). To manage the tasks, a mining vehicle (10) is equipped with sensing...

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Main Author PUURA, Jussi
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 15.03.2023
Subjects
CONTROLLING
PHYSICS
REGULATING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
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Summary:According to an example aspect of the present application, there is provided an apparatus and method to manage tasks in a mine environment (1), in particular tasks relating to mining vehicles (10) and unmanned aerial vehicles (50). To manage the tasks, a mining vehicle (10) is equipped with sensing means (4), such as for instance a scanner, in order to map the surrounding environment, such as for instance a tunnel (2). A mapping of the environment is concurrently carried out b an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV (50), in communication with the mining vehicle (10), so as to send mapping information in wireless manner (30) to the mining vehicle. The information received by the mining vehicle are merged with the sense data of the vehicle in order to construct a complete map of the environment, which can be used for further tasks. In particular the UAV (50) is used to access regions of the environment which cannot be explored by the mining vehicle (10). A base station (4) can also be used to allow communication with a remote control system (6).
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20210196296