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Innovating
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
For the
Autonomous Future Mine
Chris Green Ioniq Innovation Pty Ltd 2014
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What is the Future Mine?
What is the Autonomous Mine?
What are we expecting?
UAV SWARMS!!
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What is the Future Mine?
• Optimisation? • “Fundamental Innovation”? • Bigger? • Remote? • Rethink processes
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What is the Autonomous Mine?
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What is the Autonomous Mine?
• Works in an unstructured environment
• Does not require human guidance or remote control in any continuous way
• Is self learning
• Is capable of making decisions and major directives based on non-linear objectives
• It is a Complex System in evolution
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Complexity, Uncertainty and Bayes
….and Decision Theory
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So what are we moving towards?
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What approach should we take..
…in moving towards Autonomous UAVs
• Bottom Up
• Multi-Agent Design
• Bayesian Machine Learning
• Decision Support systems
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So what are we moving towards?
Decision Support
Multi-Agent Operators
Machine Learning
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Challenges
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UAV Swarms
Communications
Accurate Location Capability
Powerful Internal Computing Capability
Standalone takeoff and landing capability
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Chris Green Ioniq Innovation Pty Ltd 2014