ARTUS
Autonomous robust transport system for hybrid, environmentally friendly raw material extraction based on articulated special vehicles
The aim of the ARTUS project is the development of a fleet of autonomous special vehicles in a hybrid mining setting. Hybrid in this case means that the mine is partly open cast and partly underground. The system facilitates environmentally friendly and sustainable extraction of raw materials.
ARTUS contributes to better working hours, increased efficiency, and a longer life-span of mining machines and processes. In the vision of the ARTUS project illustrated above, autonomous dump trucks communicate with one another in a hybrid extraction facility for raw materials. The picture shows loading of the autonomous dump trucks and the autonomous transportation of materials as well as dumping into the crusher.
Running Period
01.09.2019 - 31.08.2022
Project Partners
- indurad GmbH, Aachen (Coordinator)
- Fritz Rensmann GmbH & Co. KG, Dortmund
- GHH Fahrzeuge GmbH, Gelsenkirchen
- talpasolutions GmbH, Essen
- XGraphic Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Aachen
- Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies, RWTH Aachen University
- Institute of Automatic Control, RWTH Aachen University
- MASCOR Institute, FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences