Auto-mate has recently appointed Adrian Gil Castillejo as Autonomous Systems Engineer and Calip Corpuz as Autonomous Systems Technician, while also taking on Vinuri Hewamalaweera as part of Austmine's METS STEM Career Pathway Program.

Gil, who joined the Company late last year, is a qualified Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineer with extensive and varied experience in technology and automation. From the prototyping and manufacture of Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles (UAVs) for deep sea applications to the design and automation of production lines for the automotive industry, his broad international experience in engineering design and management provides a solid foundation for his role at Auto-mate.

"Auto-mate offers a unique opportunity to do things differently," said Mr Gil, "as a smaller, more agile organisation, the team can react faster to opportunities and challenges. It's really exciting."

Complementing Gil's design and management proficiencies, Corpuz brings vast experience and technical knowhow of autonomous mining, software, engineering controls, robotics and automation to the team.

Building on his experience while working as Autonomous Mining Technician at FMG Solomon, Corpuz will have the opportunity to bring experience-based recommendations to the product development team, while working to ensure customer expectations are surpassed.

"During my time on site, I've been able to identify key areas where further development of, or changes to, technologies implemented, could make a significant difference," said Corpuz on his plans for the new role. "My position at Auto-mate will allow me the opportunity to voice these recommendations and to make a real difference in ensuring our solution is right for the application."   

Damien Williams, Solutions and Implementation Manager at Auto-mate highlighted the benefits of the unique synergy of the appointments, "With our engineering design guided by real world mining knowhow, Auto-mate is very well positioned to deliver a range of exciting and challenging autonomous solutions for mining operations in Australia and globally."

"We're thrilled to welcome these talented people to our team, their input and influence will be crucial to the next phase of our journey as we transition from development and testing through to project implementation and delivery," said Auto-mate's CEO, Daniel Poller. "The time is right to use the opportunities autonomous technologies provide, to critically assess the way we do things, and look to do them differently in order to gain the true value from automation."

About Auto-mate

Auto-mate is a smart automation technology provider focused on the global resources sector.

We make automation accessible for all mining operations, regardless of size or level of sophistication. We work with our customers to provide intelligent and relevant automation solutions that increase safety and productivity at their operations.

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Pips Woodhouse
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pips.woodhouse@auto-mate.net