Keeping the Danger at Bay with Mining Robots

Min­ing is prob­a­bly one of the most dan­ger­ous pro­fes­sions in the world, along with being one of those prof­itable busi­ness­es, if com­pa­nies finds the right min­er­als. But, it is dan­ger­ous, nonethe­less, which is why robot­ics com­pa­nies have start­ed devel­op­ing and using min­ing robots in some mines in Chi­na, Aus­tralia and even the Unit­ed States.

So, why use a robot in a mine instead of a reg­u­lar human work­er? As men­tioned above, safe­ty is key. There is a lot of blast­ing that goes on dur­ing min­ing, and the mine walls are not always sta­ble, which leads to the cave-ins that you hear about on the news. Robots can now be used to lay explo­sives in the mines, as well as going in to sta­bi­lize mine walls after a blast to help pre­vent cave-ins. These robots work hard to make sure that human mine work­ers are not walk­ing into a haz­ardous sit­u­a­tion that could cost them their lives.

Anoth­er advan­tage of using robot­ic min­ing sys­tems is the speed at which they work. The human body has its lim­i­ta­tions. It can only work up to a cer­tain speed before becom­ing tired and need­ing a break or a day off. Robot­ic min­ers are not affect­ed by fatigue. They are able to work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, many with­out need­ing an oper­a­tor to keep con­stant vig­il. This means that mines are dug sev­er­al times faster than when only dug by human work­ers, and that the min­er­als are sort­ed out quick­er, with less work­er error.

Over­all, the use of min­ing robots in the min­ing busi­ness makes a lot of sense. It saves the com­pa­nies mon­ey on time and labor costs, while also keep­ing the min­ers safe from cave-ins and oth­er dan­gers that can be found in the mines.

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