Caterpillar's Driverless Trucks Pay Off for FMG
By Ben Harvey, The West Australian
Jul 27, 2016 6:45 PM ET
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Originally published by The West Australian.
There’s nobody at the wheel at Fortescue Metals Group. And it’s paying dividends. ... The 47 Caterpillar 793 trucks which Fortescue obtained from WesTrac are robotic — steadily plodding their way around mine sites as sensors send information to powerful computers for processing and new instructions for the 240-tonne workhorse.
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