https://www.eigenform.ai/ai-geo-tooltips/tags/robotics--autonomous-systems/Recent content in Robotics & Autonomous Systems on Eigenform AI Geo TooltipsHugoen-USMon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0800https://www.eigenform.ai/ai-geo-tooltips/advanced-drilling/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0800https://www.eigenform.ai/ai-geo-tooltips/advanced-drilling/<h2 id="key-takeaways">Key Takeaways</h2> <ul> <li>Autonomous and semi-autonomous blast-hole drill rigs — <a href="https://www.epiroc.com/en-ml/innovation-and-technology/automation-and-information-management/automation-and-information-management-surface/process-automation/autonomous">Epiroc Pit Viper</a> and <a href="https://www.rocktechnology.sandvik/en/campaigns/automine-surface-fleet/">Sandvik AutoMine</a> — are the current commercial reality of &ldquo;advanced drilling.&rdquo;</li> <li>Autonomous drilling achieves roughly ±5 cm positioning accuracy at planned collar locations, versus roughly ±30 cm for conventional manned drilling.</li> <li>Utilization rates for autonomous rigs run 85–90%, compared with 55–65% for manned rigs — the productivity case is well-documented, not speculative.</li> <li>Onboard measurement-while-drilling (MWD) sensing on these rigs overlaps with — and can feed into — probe-based systems like BLASTDOG.</li> <li>This category is still Emerging in the sense that full-fleet autonomy is a recent, actively-expanding capability rather than a decade-old standard.</li> </ul> <h2 id="tldr">TL;DR</h2> <p>&ldquo;Advanced drilling&rdquo; today means autonomous blast-hole rigs (Epiroc Pit Viper, Sandvik AutoMine) running onboard navigation and MWD sensing to hit collar positions far more precisely and consistently than manned drilling — this is real, deployed, and expanding, not a future promise.</p>https://www.eigenform.ai/ai-geo-tooltips/blastdog-imdex/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0800https://www.eigenform.ai/ai-geo-tooltips/blastdog-imdex/<h2 id="key-takeaways">Key Takeaways</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.imdex.com/rock-knowledge/bench-characterisation/blastdog">BLASTDOG</a> is IMDEX&rsquo;s multi-sensor, semi-autonomous downhole probe that logs blast-hole rock properties at high spatial density.</li> <li>It&rsquo;s deployed via a robotic logging system, combining automated data acquisition with machine-learning-based interpretation of the sensor stream.</li> <li>QA/QC&rsquo;d borehole data is available within minutes of logging, with full-shift data compiled and visualized in IMDEXHUB-IQ or 3D in MINEPORTAL — no manual export/import step.</li> <li>This is a confirmed, commercially deployed product — not a research prototype.</li> </ul> <h2 id="tldr">TL;DR</h2> <p>BLASTDOG is a real IMDEX product: an autonomous multi-sensor probe you run down production blast holes to get near-real-time, ML-interpreted rock-property data feeding straight into your bench characterization and blast design.</p>