Self-driving hauling trucks are on the agenda as Israel Aerospace Industries forms a joint venture with Australian logistics company Bis Industries. In the near future, fleets of autonomous trucks and bulldozers will work at mining sites in Australia, communicating with one another and with control stations as they move raw materials and conduct heavy earth work.
The vehicles will use technology provided by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which announced at the end of September a new joint venture with Australian logistics and materials company, Bis Industries.
Together, the two companies founded a joint venture called Auto-Mate, which will provide autonomous systems for the mining industry....MORE
