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• Mine Automation and Emerging Technologies Health and Safety Partnership
  7/15/2024
  A partnership between the NIOSH Mining Program and its stakeholders to share concerns and solutions regarding automation and emerging technologies.
• Meeting Minutes from Automation and Emerging Technologies Health and Safety Partnership, Sept. 20-21, 2023
  10/6/2023
  Meeting minutes of the Sept. 20-21, 2023 meeting of the Automation and Emerging Technologies Health and Safety Partnership
• Automation Experience with a Global Perspective - An Assessment of the Automation Impact on Worker Safety and Health
  8/24/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the University of Pittsburgh to determine and describe the global experience with automation in mining and assess its effect on worker safety and health.
• Eliminating Barriers for the Implementation of Automation in the Mining Industry
  6/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to provide a comprehensive review and analysis of the regulatory framework and external factors influencing mine/plant development and operations to encourage the rapid integration of new technology into U.S. mining operations.
• Utilizing a Human-Centered Design Approach for Mine Automation
  6/20/2023 - Research projects
  A pilot project to identify and understand human factors considerations when designing and implementing automation.
• Remote Blast Hole Location Detection for Powder Loader Automation
  2/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with J.H. Fletcher & Co. to explore the possibility of remote technology and automated blasting operations.
• Machine Learning Enhanced Perception for Automated or Remote Roof Bolting Operations in Underground Mining
  2/27/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contact with the Colorado School of Mines to investigate machine learning.
• Improving Health and Safety of Mining Operations Through Development of the Smart Bit Concept for Automation of Mechanical Rock Excavation Units and Dust Mitigation
  2/24/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract with the Colorado School of Mines to improve the health and safety of mining operations through development of the Smart Bit Concept for automation of mechanical rock excavation units and dust mitigation.
• Improved Longwall Automation by Utilizing Sensors to Detect the Rock Coal Interface
  2/23/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with Komatsu's Joy Global Underground Mining to investigate a technology or combination of technologies that will improve the ability to understand the location of the rock-coal interface on a longwall face.
• Capacity Building in Artificially Intelligent Mining Systems (AIMS) for Safer and Healthier Automated Operations
  2/16/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the University of Nevada, Reno, for capacity-building in artificially intelligent mining systems for safer and healthier automated operations.