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This reminds me of one Rio Tinto executive's dismissal of their $70M dollar purchase of a set of autonomous Komatsu haul trucks as "a very expensive reconfigurable conveyor belt".



For those of you who, like me, didn't know that autonomous mining trucks existed, here's a video of them in action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHtMNFZLMWE


For those who have YouTube blocked at work: http://www.komatsu.com.au/AboutKomatsu/Technology/Pages/AHS....




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