Mining Feature: 2021 Meeting of the Automation and Emerging Technologies Partnership

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

The second meeting of the Mine Automation and Emerging Technologies Health and Safety Partnership was held as a virtual meeting in two half-day sessions on Aug. 17 and 18, 2021.

This meeting provided a continued opportunity for industry, manufacturers, academia and Automation partnership meeting banner others who are working on autonomous mobile equipment and associated technologies to discuss the state of the technology, including system development, testing, implementation activities, research findings, health and safety concerns, and regulatory considerations.

Meeting minutes

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Click on presentation title links below to view the presented slides in PDF format. Presentation file hosting courtesy of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association website.

Day 1 - August 17

Time (PDT)	Time (EDT)	Topic	Speaker	Affiliation
8:00am	11:00am	Welcome and introduction	George Luxbacher	NIOSH
8:10am	11:10am	Meeting agenda	Joel Haight	University of Pittsburgh
8:15am	11:15am	Recap of Oct 2020 meeting	Joel Haight	University of Pittsburgh
8:25am	11:25am	Industry trends in system safety: An update	Andrew Scott	METS Ignited
8:50am	11:50am	Cybersecurity and safety implications (canceled)	Sachin Jari	ABB
9:15am	12:15pm	AEM’s autonomous machines coordinating committee	Jeff Jurgens	AEM
9:40am	12:40pm	Break
		Case study session
9:50am	12:50pm	Case study 1: Komatsu - Automation in underground coal mining	Jim Haughey	Komatsu
10:20am	1:20pm	Case study 2: Human factors in autonomous haulage – Challenges in operations and workforce development	Richard Beesley	Immersive Technologies
10:50am	1:50pm	Case study 3: How Autonomous Vehicle Technology Can Improve Safety	Anthony Levandowski	Pronto.ai
11:20am	2:20pm	Update on automation global perspectives contract	Joel Haight	University of Pittsburgh
11:45am	2:45pm	Wrap up	Joel Haight	University of Pittsburgh

Day 2 - August 18

Time (PDT)	Time (EDT)	Topic	Speaker	Affiliation
		NIOSH research session
8:00am	11:00am	Update on the NIOSH Center for Occupational Robotics Research	Jacob Carr	NIOSH
8:25am	11:25am	Validating collision warning/avoidance system detection performance	John Homer	NIOSH
8:50am	11:50am	Assured autonomy pilot project	Bob Bissonette	NIOSH
9:15am	12:15pm	Human-centered design pilot project	Mahiyar Nasarwanji	NIOSH
9:40am	12:40pm	Powered Haulage Initiative	Melanie Calhoun	MSHA
10:05am	1:05pm	Break
10:15am	1:15pm	Designing a collision advisory system for surface mining equipment: A case study of human-centered design for new technology in mining	Robin Burgess-Limerick	University of Queensland
10:55am	1:55pm	Operators transitioning to automated fleet supervisors	Kyle Zimmer	International Union of Operating Engineers
11:35am	2:35pm	Wrap up and feedback on the meeting	Joel Haight	University of Pittsburgh