Chris Green - Rio Tinto - Innovating UAVs for the autonomous future mine

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Chris Green, Director, Ioniq Innovation, formerly, Principal Orebody Knowledge Technologies, Rio Tinto Iron Ore delivered the presentation at the 2014 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in the Resources Industry. The 2014 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in the Resources Industry explored the enormous potential of UAVs within mining and resources operations. For more information about the event, please visit: http://www.informa.com.au/uavresourcesconference14

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Innovating

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

For the

Autonomous Future Mine

Chris Green Ioniq Innovation Pty Ltd 2014

What is the Future Mine?

What is the Autonomous Mine?

What are we expecting?

UAV SWARMS!!

What is the Future Mine?

• Optimisation? • “Fundamental Innovation”? • Bigger? • Remote? • Rethink processes

What is the Autonomous Mine?

What is the Autonomous Mine?

• Works in an unstructured environment

• Does not require human guidance or remote control in any continuous way

• Is self learning

• Is capable of making decisions and major directives based on non-linear objectives

• It is a Complex System in evolution

Complexity, Uncertainty and Bayes

….and Decision Theory

So what are we moving towards?

What approach should we take..

…in moving towards Autonomous UAVs

• Bottom Up

• Multi-Agent Design

• Bayesian Machine Learning

• Decision Support systems

So what are we moving towards?

Decision Support

Multi-Agent Operators

Machine Learning

Challenges

UAV Swarms

Communications

Accurate Location Capability

Powerful Internal Computing Capability

Standalone takeoff and landing capability

Chris Green Ioniq Innovation Pty Ltd 2014