Important results from the project
The project has developed solutions for autonomous drilling in underground environments. The collaboration within the consortium, which consists of machine manufacturer, specialist supplier, academia and end user, has been extremely helpful in driving the development forward and fulfilling all the objective set at the start of the project. The largest success factor is bringing skills and organizations together, contributing with research and development towards a common objective.
Expected long term effects
The main long-term impact of the project is that the user perspective has been central. Technical research and development has been driven by continuous discussion with end users, which contributes to effective innovation work, and collaborative skills have had a major influence. The working method is rooted within the project partners´ organizations and will in the long term lead to more effective innovation work in future research and development for all parties.
Approach and implementation
With the common long-term goal of enabling autonomous rock drilling for underground environment, the project partners have had monthly meetings digitally and biannual two-day meetings for which the project partners have taken turns hosting. A strong collaboration has characterized the project where end users and development engineers have had central roles with a clear focus on developing functions prioritized by the end user. The project finally demonstrated its results in an underground mine.
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