Giant Robot Trucks Down Under

[DrLeftover]

"the self-drive fleet have superior fuel usage, tyre life and maintenance costs"

The ground explodes, and the rubble is loaded on to computer-controlled, self-driving trucks as high as a house, which trundle their way to the crusher.

This mine is 1,000km (621 miles) from anywhere, so far that the miners and engineers live the Fifo (Fly-In-Fly-Out) lifestyle. They arrive on specially chartered planes and stay for two weeks at a time in special camps and mining towns.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30098772

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Thats one big mamma jamma!