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Head: Sanjiv Singh

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213


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Project Description

his technology has been used by our industrial sponsor to automate large haulage vehicles that operate in strip mines. A prototype haulage vehicle (777) has logged 8000 miles in a strip mine todate. A commercial product called the AUTONOMOUS MINING TRUCK was announced at Mine Expo 1996.

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