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Autonomous Exploration and Extraction of Deep Mineral Deposits

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Deliverables

Iterative evaluation of proposed technologies (opens in new window)

Details about the integration and iterative evaluation of technologies developed in WP2 – WP5 onto the mining machine simulator.

Algorithms for sensor-based risk-assessment and traversability analysis (opens in new window)

Novel algorithms for risk assessment and traversability analysis and validation on multi-sensor data from deep and abandoned mines.

Dissemination and communication plan (opens in new window)

Plan for dissemination activities that will be carried out in the project. This includes a schedule on dissemination activities and communication channels which will be further updated during the project.The deliverable is the result of task 10.1

Novel path planning and multi-machine coordination algorithms (opens in new window)

Design and validation in simulated environments of novel path-planning and multi-machine coordination algorithms, highlighting improvements over the state-of-the-art.

Interim report on consortium-wide efforts at academic, industrial and public dissemination (opens in new window)

Details about the consortium’s actions towards dissemination of the project results and outcomes such as scientific articles in journals, abstracts and proceedings in conferences.

Multi-machine mapping and map merging algorithms validated in simulated environments (opens in new window)

Collaborative multi-machine algorithms to enable multi-machine operation in simulated deep/abandoned mines.

Realistic simulation worlds for integrated testing of PERSEPHONE technologies (opens in new window)

Details about realistic simulation environments of deep and abandoned mines, which are used to evaluate and perfect the technologies of WP2-WP7, before deployment in the field.

Requirements, specifications and benchmarking tools for proposed technologies (opens in new window)

Requirements, specifications and benchmarking tools for the evaluation of PERSEPHONE technologies (WP2-WP7) in line with UNFC/UNRMS.

Literature survey on SoA technologies and existing roadmaps in the mining industry (opens in new window)

A comprehensive review of the SoA technologies relevant to PERSEPHONE, to enable the defining of requirements and specifications for the technical WPs.

Algorithms for autonomous drill planning and execution (opens in new window)

Design and validation of the developed algorithms for drill planning and execution in simulated environments.

Sensing methods for detecting drill sites and visual servoing for exploration drilling. (opens in new window)

Sensing methodologies and accurate positioning algorithms for drilling machines and validation in simulated deep and abandoned mine-like environments.

Review, testing and evaluation of sensing techniques for online rock characterization in simulated environments (opens in new window)

Results of the testing and validation of novel sensing technologies for real-time rock characterization and methods for integrating such sensors on drill rigs.

Initial report on open data releases, data management, innovation management and IP protection (opens in new window)

Initial summary of the actions towards ensuring research verifiability/reproducibility of the PERSEPHONE results, such as open releases of data from lab experiments/ small scale field tests. Details about the establishment of Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and Innovation Management Office (IMO) and innovation support tools for protection of the partners’ IPs.

Data Management Plan (opens in new window)

The DMP will be made available and evolve during the lifetime of the project in order to present the status of the project's reflections on data management.

Publications

SPADE: Towards Scalable Path Planning Architecture on Actionable Multi-Domain 3D Scene Graphs (opens in new window)

Author(s): Vignesh Kottayam Viswanathan, Akash Patel, Mario Alberto Valdes Saucedo, Sumeet Satpute, Christoforos Kanellakis, George Nikolakopoulos
Published in: International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2505.19098

An Actionable Hierarchical Scene Representation Enhancing Autonomous Inspection Missions in Unknown Environments (opens in new window)

Author(s): Vignesh Kottayam Viswanathan, Mario Alberto Valdes Saucedo, Sumeet Gajanan Satpute, Christoforos Kanellakis, George Nikolakopoulos
Published in: International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2412.19582

A Hierarchical Graph-Based Terrain-Aware Autonomous Navigation Approach for Complementary Multimodal Ground-Aerial Exploration (opens in new window)

Author(s): Akash Patel, Mario A.V. Saucedo, Nikolaos Stathoulopoulos, Viswa Narayanan Sankaranarayanan, Ilias Tevetzidis, Christoforos Kanellakis, George Nikolakopoulos
Published in: IEEE Int. Conf. Robot. Autom. (ICRA),, 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2505.14859

The PERSEPHONE project: Autonomous Exploration and Extraction of Deep Mineral Deposits (opens in new window)

Author(s): Akash Patel, Anton Koval, Sumeet Gajanan Satpute, George Nikolakopoulos, Christian Burlet, Giorgia Stasi
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/EGUSPHERE-EGU25-19608

Autonomous Mobile Inspection Robots in Deep Underground Mining—The Current State of the Art and Future Perspectives (opens in new window)

Author(s): Martyna Konieczna-Fuławka, Anton Koval, George Nikolakopoulos, Matteo Fumagalli, Laura Santas Moreu, Victor Vigara-Puche, Jakob Müller, Michael Prenner
Published in: Sensors, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/S25123598

Autonomous Drilling and the Idea of Next-Generation Deep Mineral Exploration (opens in new window)

Author(s): George Nikolakopoulos, Anton Koval, Matteo Fumagalli, Martyna Konieczna-Fuławka, Laura Santas Moreu, Victor Vigara-Puche, Kashish Verma, Bob de Waard, René Deutsch
Published in: Sensors, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/S25133953

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