Oil sands autonomous trucks

31 Jan 2018 About 400 jobs are expected to disappear at Suncor Energy Inc.'s oilsands mines in northern Alberta as it deploys driverless ore-hauling trucks 

23 Oct 2019 Caterpillar's autonomous and remote-controlled mining equipment “By the early 1990s, we had two autonomous [hauling] trucks running at a and we're on 11 different sites,” Johnson said, “mining oil sands, iron ore,  An autonomous haulage system (AHS) is a use AHS technology on a limited scale in oil sands training with autonomous haul trucks (AHT) and. 5 Sep 2019 The 930E-5 haul trucks include Komatsu's autonomous haulage has been utilized thus far in iron, copper and oil sands mining operations. 1 Feb 2018 An Alberta oil sands company has announced this week that it will be adding about 150 of the monster trucks to its fleet. Suncor has been testing  9 Jun 2015 Huge trucks in Alberta's oil-sand country are undergoing testing for the to buy 175 such “autonomous ready” trucks from Japan's Komatsu.

The Canadian oil sands then are an ideal training ground for autonomous haul trucks, which work best in assembly-line style operations where trucks move in a continuous production cycle. No surprise then, that Suncor (TSX:SUN) has become the first Canadian oil sands operator to test an autonomous haulage system (AHS).

31 Jan 2018 About 400 jobs are expected to disappear at Suncor Energy Inc.'s oilsands mines in northern Alberta as it deploys driverless ore-hauling trucks  3 May 2018 Autonomous dump truck hauling loads at Rio Tinto site Courtesy Rio “In the oil sands, 400-ton hauler trucks make around 20 trips per day. 28 Apr 2008 An oilsands contractor driving a pickup has died after colliding this weekend with a 400-tonne oilsands dump truck on a mine site that prides  Major players in the iron ore and oil sands mining sectors – Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton Today at the Rio Tinto mines, 69 driverless trucks are remote-controlled by 

16 Apr 2019 SMS Equipment has deployed the largest autonomous mining truck from Komatsu - the 3500 horsepower 980E-4AT - to the oil sands in 

3 Dec 2018 It's presently using more than 80 driverless trucks to haul iron ore at autonomous trucks on its oil sands fields in Alberta, British Columbia. 20 Aug 2015 Driverless trucks: Peering into the technological future of the oilsands. Driverless trucks could be an opportunity to boost productivity. by James  23 Oct 2019 Caterpillar's autonomous and remote-controlled mining equipment “By the early 1990s, we had two autonomous [hauling] trucks running at a and we're on 11 different sites,” Johnson said, “mining oil sands, iron ore, 

12 Nov 2018 Canada's oil sands mining industry faces the entry of self-driving haul trucks as a means to lower operating costs. In an economic environment 

31 Jan 2018 About 400 jobs are expected to disappear at Suncor Energy Inc.'s oilsands mines in northern Alberta as it deploys driverless ore-hauling trucks  3 May 2018 Autonomous dump truck hauling loads at Rio Tinto site Courtesy Rio “In the oil sands, 400-ton hauler trucks make around 20 trips per day. 28 Apr 2008 An oilsands contractor driving a pickup has died after colliding this weekend with a 400-tonne oilsands dump truck on a mine site that prides  Major players in the iron ore and oil sands mining sectors – Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton Today at the Rio Tinto mines, 69 driverless trucks are remote-controlled by 

Suncor Energy implements first fleet of autonomous haul trucks in oil sands. Suncor is implementing the use of autonomous haulage systems (AHS) at company-operated mines, starting with the North Steepbank mine.

Major players in the iron ore and oil sands mining sectors – Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton Today at the Rio Tinto mines, 69 driverless trucks are remote-controlled by  27 Dec 2017 And even though electric trucks aren't driverless at this time, the concept is already being tested in out-of-the-way places like Canada's oil sands  Union outcry as automation eats up 400 oilsands jobs – and it’s just the beginning autonomous haul trucks in some Alberta oil sands operations. . build a fleet of more than 150

1 Dec 2018 Several oilsands producers have started looking at the application of autonomous haulage systems and the use of driverless haul trucks to  16 Apr 2019 SMS Equipment has deployed the largest autonomous mining truck from Komatsu - the 3500 horsepower 980E-4AT - to the oil sands in  30 Jan 2018 Suncor Energy Inc.'s oilsands mines in northern Alberta as it deploys driverless ore-hauling trucks to replace the ones humans operate now. Suncor Energy implements first fleet of autonomous haul trucks in oil sands Suncor is implementing the use of autonomous haulage systems (AHS) at  29 Aug 2019 The region has seen several operators trial and deploy driverless trucks in their operations: Suncor has implemented an autonomous fleet at its  Self-driving truck, also known as an autonomous truck, or robo-truck, require no human driver, ISBN 978-1-62157-281-7 . ^ "Suncor Seeks Cost Cutting With Robot Trucks in Oil-Sands Mine". Bloomberg. ^ Dillet, Romain (18 August 2016).