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[Project image] Underground Mining Operator Assist
Heads: Anthony (Tony) Stentz and John Bares
Contact: Herman Herman (h.herman@cs.cmu.edu)

Mailing address:
National Robotics Engineering Center
10 40th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

Associated center: NREC

For more information, see this project's homepage.

This page last updated - August 2006.
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Project Description

Coal is mined using an ensemble of machines. A continuous mining machine uses a spinning cutter head with "teeth" to break coal away from the face. The coal is deposited in shuttle cars for haulage to a permanent conveyor system and out of the mine. A roof bolting machine drills holes in the roof and inserts bolts to stabilize the roof and minimize the risk of collapse. Sometimes the miner and bolter are combined into a single machine. This program concentrates on automating the functions of a continuous mining machine and roof bolting units.

Personnel [Past Members]

Name Title Email Address
John Bares Research Professor/Director of NREC bares@cs.cmu.edu
Michael W Bode Senior Robotics Engineer bode@rec.ri.cmu.edu
Christopher Fromme Senior Commercialization Specialist ccf@cs.cmu.edu
Herman Herman Principal NREC Commercialization Special h.herman@cs.cmu.edu
Anthony's personal homepage Anthony (Tony) Stentz Research Professor/Assoc Dir NREC tony+@cmu.edu

Publications

Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.

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