Parallel Mining Operating Systems: From Digital Twins to Mining Intelligence

Abstract

With the rapid development and modernization requirement of global coal industry, there is an emerging need for intelligent and unmanned mining systems. In this paper, the Intelligent Mining Operating System (IMOS) is proposed and developed, based on the parallel management and control of mining operating infrastructure that integrates the intelligent mining theory, the ACP-based (Artificial societies, Computational experiments, Parallel execution) parallel intelligence approaches, and the new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. To satisfy the intelligent and unmanned demand of open-pit mines, the IMOS architecture is developed by integrating the theory of digital quadruplets. The main subsystems and functions of IMOS are elaborated in detail, including a single-vehicle operating subsystem, multi-vehicle collaboration subsystem, vehicle-road collaboration subsystem, unmanned intelligent subsystem, dispatch management subsystem, parallel management and control subsystem, supervisory subsystem, remote takeover subsystem, and communication subsystem. The IMOS presented in this paper is the first integrated solution for intelligent and unmanned mines in China, and has been implemented over ten main open pits in the past few years. Its deployment and utilization will effectively improve the production efficiency and safety level of open-pit mines, promote the construction of ecological mines, and bring great significance to the realization of sustainable mining development.

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