Autonomous fleet, Rio Tinto Group, London, United Kingdom

Autonomous vehicles have been on our mines for 10 years. When will we see driverless cars on our roads?

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Truckmaker Scania and mining giant Rio Tinto are testing an autonomous truck in a Western Australian mine.

The first phase of the trial started in August 2018 and involves a Scania XT 8×4 autonomous tipper truck working separately from Dampier’s active operations.

During this initial stage, a safety driver rides in the vehicle to observe the truck’s performance and, if necessary, intervenes. In subsequent phases, additional autonomous Scania trucks will be added to develop vehicle-to-vehicle awareness and intelligent fleet supervisory controls.

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