Navigating This Guideline

This guideline is designed as a practical recipe for mining companies looking to implement a mixed open autonomous fleet of haul trucks underground.

Each underlined section below is clickable, and designed to help at different stages of your decision-making and implementation journey:

1. Introduction

• This will give you a sense of the description, scope, inclusions, and exclusions within the guideline.

2. Feasibility

• Begin by assessing whether autonomous haulage is the right fit for your mine, using the evaluation criteria provided.

3. Technology

• Learn about the core systems, components, and workflow requirements in the Technology Overview section.
• Then, if you need greater detail about the principles, mechanisms, challenges, and potential solutions relating to each of the technologies, please visit:
  • Autonomous Haulage Systems (AHS)
  • Functional Safety Systems
  • Fleet Management Systems
  • Communication and Localization Systems
  • Cybersecurity and Data Management

4. Business Case

• Use the financial metrics and risk assessment tools to create a business case for your stakeholders.

5. Implementation Roadmap

• This section will guide you through planning, executing, and scaling autonomous systems.
• As part of the implementation roadmap, and Operational Domain Design Assessment is one of the early activities to determine feasibility. For more information, visit:
  • Operational Domain Design Assessment

6. References