Ex-Tesla engineer’s startup taps Pronto to help automate a copper mine
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Autonomous haulage at a Utah copper mine is another data point that heavy industry is ready to swap labor and safety risk for capex on autonomy. If you run a brownfield operation with repeatable routes — mining, ports, bulk logistics — your board will soon ask why you’re not testing this too.
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