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Innovative Solution To West's Growing Shortage
The mining industry is facing significant challenges, including supply-demand constraints and a skill shortage as older engineers and operators age out. To address these issues, the industry is turning to artificial intelligence and robots, with the goal of running copper and lithium mines like self-driving cars. This innovative approach could provide a stopgap solution to the West’s growing critical minerals problem, and may have implications for the broader adoption of autonomous technologies in other industries. The concept was explored in an article by Interesting Engineering.