Autonomous Bulldozers Explained!

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    We're back with Thiess, a global mine services contractor, to explore Lake Vermont, another one of their operations in Queensland, Australia.
    Like all the other mines in the Bowen Basin, Lake Vermont produces coal using an enormous fleet of excavators, trucks, and other machines.
    But while most other mines use primarily trucks and shovels, Lake Vermont leverages what they call a dozer push to move large quantities of overburden. And these aren't just any dozers-they're autonomous.
    GASP
    To learn more about Thiess, check out their website here: thiess.com/

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  • @kobrapromotions
    @kobrapromotions 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    Happy to be part of crews doing this stuff

  • @ProudPapaw88
    @ProudPapaw88 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great show, Aaron. Thanks for sharing and taking us along. Have a great weekend!!

  • @blauer2551
    @blauer2551 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    I like how the remote operator still wears PPE, surprised the company doesn’t make them have a helmet and glasses too.

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt  ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      They may also have to head out in the field and run the tractors from time to time. They're still on site

  • @oldretireddude
    @oldretireddude 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +7

    With dozers being very efficient why do they choose to switch to excavator & truck with so much overburden left above the coal.

    • @nunyabizzness6468
      @nunyabizzness6468 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      The coal seam is never uniform "flat" so humans are needed to distinguish the difference between pay and overburden

    • @oldretireddude
      @oldretireddude 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@nunyabizzness6468 Makes sense

    • @mhxxd4
      @mhxxd4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Time. Slow

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt  ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      truck and excavator is a lot more flexible. You have to have just the right conditions for the dozer push to make sense

    • @oldretireddude
      @oldretireddude 32 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

      @@AaronWitt 👍

  • @JOYFULRIO
    @JOYFULRIO 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    We got Avatar Bulldozers before GTA 6

  • @teds5047
    @teds5047 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    Thank you for making this type of videos. All men were boys at one point. Most men still have the boy like imagination and always have wanted to operate heavy machinery!!

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt  ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      thank you for watching!!

  • @BloodyMobile
    @BloodyMobile 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    15:35 with all the mentioning of efficiency and uptime, I'm now wondering why in shots like these seemingly only half the time all 5 dozers move at once.

    • @willibenbi6387
      @willibenbi6387 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Autonomy has alot to do with money aswell they just label it efficiency so no one has a sook, instead of paying 5 operators 120 or 130k a year they pay 2, yes these systems cost alot but they make that back considering they don't have 5 people to worry about anymore, same goes with the trucks they run them 24/7 for "efficiency" but most of them are flogged out sitting on the dead line 😂

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt  ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      ironically our drones were messing with the connection. But we didn't realize it until we were on another side in Germany where the same thing was happening

  • @AnnaKenrick-o4w
    @AnnaKenrick-o4w 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

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  • @ernierundall1336
    @ernierundall1336 52 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

    Great video

  • @MD-sl7ms
    @MD-sl7ms 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

    😂looks like bots got here before i did. Fun content by the way

  • @williamatkinson4324
    @williamatkinson4324 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Why do they stop 1 to 2 meters above the coal seam if the dozer is the cheapest way to strip off the material?

    • @AaronWitt
      @AaronWitt  ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      need an excavator and operator to get down to the coal without wasting any

  • @oibirchall
    @oibirchall ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    More aussi stuff

  • @toploadtele
    @toploadtele 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I assume that refueling these machines is still done the old fashion way.... Autonomous refueling?

  • @ramiroborges7359
    @ramiroborges7359 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    How do the dozers get refuelled?

    • @JordanPoplawski
      @JordanPoplawski 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I work on a minesite with manual dozers but id imagine the process would be the same. They have a truck that acts as a mobile petrol station, they drive that truck out to the dozers and pump fuel into them when needed. They do the same with the excavators and drills

    • @blauer2551
      @blauer2551 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@JordanPoplawskiThank you for stating the obvious

  • @rajabairava497
    @rajabairava497 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Hi ❤

  • @Pgd10020
    @Pgd10020 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Real life farm simulator

  • @boy3127
    @boy3127 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +3

    69 haha😅

  • @OliviaHenstrom
    @OliviaHenstrom 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

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  • @Sophia-g5t2z
    @Sophia-g5t2z 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

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  • @Katrin-z1s
    @Katrin-z1s 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

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