By Shane Lasley
Metal Tech News
500 giant driverless Cat mining trucks
Caterpillar celebrates major autonomous equipment milestone Metal Tech News - February 4, 2022
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Last updated 8/5/2022 at 10:38am
Shane Lasley
A Cat 794 AC autonomous mining truck with a payload capacity of 327 tons (654,000 pounds) on display at MINExpo 2021, a mining convention held last September in Las Vegas.
A two-story-tall mining truck hauling more than half a million pounds of rock may not seem like the best choice for perfecting the science of autonomous travel. As it turns out, however, mines provide an ideal controlled testing ground for autonomous vehicles, and Caterpillar Inc. has been at the forefront of pioneering autonomous haulage systems for mining operations around the world.
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