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Autonomous alliance

WesTrac and Rio Tinto have developed courses to help humans interact with autonomous equipment.

Even though it has been working with autonomous haulage for about 15 years, Rio Tinto still feels it needs help to get its Gudai-Darri staff trained to deal with autonomous equipment.

Even though it has been working with autonomous haulage for about 15 years, Rio Tinto still feels it needs help to get its Gudai-Darri staff trained to deal with autonomous equipment.

The training will be based at the WesTrac Technology Centre in Collie, Western Australia. It is designed to prepare Rio Tinto staff for working with autonomous areas at the Gudai-Darri mine in WA's Pilbara...

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