Kick-off för 5G Edge Innovations for Mining

December 6, 2021 was the kick-off meeting for CDT's new project 5G Edge Innovations for Mining. The project is led by Luleå University of Technology and CDT with parties such as RISE, BI Nordics, FieldRobotiX, ThingWave and Neava.

The aim of the project is to create more intelligent mining systems that will further push the boundaries of autonomy, productivity and safety.

The project will work with pilot demonstrations of 5G-connected drones in a mining environment, innovative use of modern AI technology and a hardware and software stack for edge-to-cloud applications.

Examples of applications that will be developed include real-time video analysis, autonomous navigation, time-synchronized seismic sensors, augmented / virtual reality, etc.

Karl Andersson, professor and operations manager for CDT, is the one from Luleå University of Technology who is leading the project.
-I am glad that we can now practically get started with the joint work. The kick-off has shown that we have many common interests and that there is very good potential for us to be far ahead in the 5G edge together.

The project is funded by VINNOVA, NextGenerationEU.