The specification discloses a driverless haulage vehicle (10,32,43,44,45) for use within an underground mining operation including a unitary support chassis (11) having a first end section (15), a second end section (16) and a central section (50) located between said first and said second end sections (15,16), haulage vehicle transport means (51) including a first wheel assembly (52), associated with and supporting the first end section (15), a second wheel assembly (53) associated with and supporting said second end section (16) of the unitary support chassis (11), and a third wheel assembly (54) associated with and supporting the central section (50) of the unitary support chassis (11), steerage means (55) carried on said driverless haulage vehicle (10,32,43,44,45) for directing said vehicle along a transport path with an underground mine, the steerage means (55) including said first wheel assembly (52) and said second wheel assembly (53), said steerage means (55) further including a sensor set from which sensor data is generated representing internal status of the driverless haulage vehicle (10,32,43,44,45), and/or environmental status within which the driverless haulage vehicle (10,32,43,44,45) is operating, and controllable activators (27) to control steering movements of said first wheel assembly (52) and said second wheel assembly (53) whereby driving steering, wheels (13) of the first wheel assembly (52) are directed oppositely to wheels (13) of the second wheel assembly (53).


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    Titel :

    Improvements relating to underground mining


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    03.04.2019


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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