| Idea Name: |
Mining Assistant |
| Slogan: |
Prioritising the Well-Being of Miners |
| Supervisor Name: |
Dr Gul Shahzad |
| Supervisor Designation: |
Head of Post Graduate Program |
| Supervisor School: |
PNEC |
| Supervisor Department: |
Electronics and Power Engineering |
| Contact number: |
+92 335 1771779 |
| Email ID: |
[email protected] |
| Abstract: |
| Mining assistant is a rover-style drone robot for 3D area mapping of landmines along with human-suitable-conditions detection. This will help lower the risk of death during mining significantly and will help minimize the resource usage for mining, hence making the mining process efficient. |
| What is the unmet need in society that your idea will fulfill ? |
| This idea has the capability to provide a safety factor for regions inside a landmine. The safety factor when compared to a predefined threshold will provide an answer to whether a particular region is safe for mining. |
| Who needs it ? How many would benefit ? |
| The robot will be used by mining companies prior to miner deployment in a landmine. The robot will provide a 3D map of the landmine along with the atmosphere specificities at every location, highly lowering the health risks of miners. |
| How will the solution works |
| The robot will have driverless vehicle capabilities along with simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). It will have propellers allowing for the vertical drone-like movement for added stability and enabling access to all the areas in the landmine. The robot shall have enough mechanical integrity to deal with the rocky surface of landmines. Oxygen and radiation sensors will help determine the safety factor; omnidirectional wheels for better maneuverability and 3D lidars for surface mapping. |
| Who are your competitors ? How is your solution different |
| This is an autonomously operating robot requiring no human input after once the robot is set into the landmine until it comes out of the landmine. The robot also has an added vertical maneuverability feature that improves stability as well. |
| Status: |
new |
| Entry Date & Time: |
2022-12-15 (1653) |
