Photos: Caterpillar's mining vehicles in action
See Caterpillar's mining equipment, including the autonomous fleet, in action at the proving grounds south of Tucson.
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Nils Feddern, left, an applications specialist with Caterpillar, frames up a shot of a CAT 7495 electric rope shovel.
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While a Caterpillar employee pilots the CAT 6060 hydraulic mining shovel (back right), the other two CAT 793 off-highway haul trucks operate autonomously.
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Kyle Gilkeson, a Caterpillar Minestar employee, poses for a picture in the bucket of a CAT 7495 electric rope shovel.
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While the CAT D11T track-type tractor operates remotely at right, a CAT 793 off-highway haul truck autonomously backs and dumps a load.
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A group from the University of Arizona poses in the bucket of a CAT 7495 electric rope shovel.
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Mark Arnold, left, a Caterpillar employee, takes a photo in the operator's cab of the CAT 7495 electric rope shovel.
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THe CAT 793 off-highway haul truck, left, staged next to the CAT 7495 electric rope shovel.
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While a Caterpillar employee pilots the CAT 6060 hydraulic mining shovel, right, the CAT 793 off-highway haul truck operates autonomously.
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The autonomously-operating CAT 793 off-highway haul truck uses a LiDAR sensor (mounted near the steps) and other communications devices to function.
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The CAT 6060 hydraulic mining shovel.
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A Caterpillar service technician demonstrates how the autonomous vehicles are placed in a manual mode for safe human approach.
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A CAT D11T track-type tractor operates remotely during an autonomous mining vehicle demonstration.
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Visitors check out the autonomous CAT 793 off-highway haul truck.
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Visitors check out the CAT 7495 electric rope shovel.
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Visitors check out the CAT 793 off-highway haul truck.
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While a Caterpillar employee pilots the CAT 6060 hydraulic mining shovel, right, the other two vehicles, a CAT 793 off-highway haul truck, bottom, and a D11T track-type tractor, operate autonomously (the truck) and by remote (the tractor).
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Visitors admire the size of the CAT 7495 electric rope shovel.
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Jared Harris uses this control unit to pilot a CAT D11T track-type tractor.
The autonomous trucks are used at mines around the world.