Autonomous Mining Equipment

Multimodal world models and lidar/camera perception.

1in Indonesia

Named Models

Pangu Multimodal and World ModelHuawei (Huawei Cloud)Releasednot in the notesRuns onnot in the notesClassworld modelHuawei multimodal and world model used for autonomous haulage at the Yimin open-pit coal mine (100 autonomous electric trucks, May 2025).Commercial use: proprietary terms; Jakarta hosting: unknown; Indonesian support: not stated

Where this comes from

Models the research names for this use case. Research, with sources on each model record.

Who Runs It

production, 2

Yimin open-pit coal mine (Huaneng)Country: ChinaHuawei Pangu Multimodal and World ModelVendor: HuaweiproductionDateMay 2025100 autonomous electric trucksEvidence: company statementConfidence: lowSource: aimagazine.com, mining-technology.com

PT Freeport IndonesiaCountry: IndonesiaRCT ControlMaster Guidance autonomous mobile rockbreaker fleet (source does not call it AI or ML)Vendor: RCTproductionDate16 Mar 2022At Grasberg Block Cave and DMLZEvidence: company statementConfidence: lowSource: rct-global.com, en.wikipedia.org

Where this comes from

Documented uses by named organisations. The evidence column says who made the claim.

Candidate Models

WorldScore paper table

A general benchmark for this model class, not a test on this use case. Controllability, quality and dynamics of world generation; Static and Dynamic aggregates. score. Higher is better.

WonderWorldStanford University maintainer-run72.69

LucidDreamerSeoul National University maintainer-run70.4

CogVideoX-I2VZ.ai (Zhipu) maintainer-run62.15

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V-JEPA 2Meta, world modelReleasedJun 2025open weightshas scoreslast 18 months

GigaWorld-1GigaAI, Tsinghua University, world modelReleasedJul 2026open weightslast 18 months

HY-World 2.0Tencent, world modelReleasedApr 2026open weightslast 18 months

Agora-1Odyssey, world modelReleasedJun 2026last 18 months

Odyssey-2 MaxOdyssey, world modelReleasedJun 2026last 18 months

Starchild-1Odyssey, world modelReleasedJun 2026last 18 months

Cosmos 3 NanoNVIDIA, world modelReleasedJun 2026last 18 months

Cosmos 3 SuperNVIDIA, world modelReleasedJun 2026last 18 months

Oasis 3Decart, world modelReleasedJun 2026last 18 months

Happy OysterAlibaba (Qwen), world modelReleasedApr 2026last 18 months

Showing 10 of 38. All models of this class

Where this comes from

Derived, not researched: models in the directory whose class matches a class this use case uses, excluding family records and models shut down or deprecated. Ranked by how many fit facts they meet, then by release date. Each fit fact is read from the model record.

Use Case

Industry: industrial and asset-intensive
Model classes: world model
Benchmarks or datasets: not in the notes
Regulatory notes: Surat Edaran Menkominfo 9/2023 Etika Kecerdasan Artifisial, Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika (now Kementerian Komunikasi dan Digital)Autonomous mining equipment is an AI-based service run by an electronic system operator, and the circular asks such operators to build and use AI on the values of inclusivity, transparency, humanity and security.
UU 3/2020 Pertambangan Mineral dan Batubara, DPR and President of the Republic of Indonesia (administered by Kementerian ESDM)Autonomous mining equipment is part of mineral and coal mining activity, which this law places under state control and licensing, including exploration and mining data.
Kepmen ESDM 1827 K/30/MEM/2018 Pedoman Pelaksanaan Kaidah Teknik Pertambangan yang Baik, Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM)Autonomous mining equipment affects mine operations, which must follow the good mining engineering guideline on technical management and mining safety.
UU 13/2003 Ketenagakerjaan (occupational safety and health, Pasal 86 and 87), DPR and President of the Republic of Indonesia (administered by Kementerian Ketenagakerjaan)Autonomous mining equipment changes how people work next to machines or hazards, and this law requires employers to protect workers' occupational safety and health through a safety management system.
EU AI Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (international), European UnionAutonomous mining equipment acts as an AI safety component of machinery; the EU AI Act treats AI safety components of regulated products as high-risk when they are placed on the EU market.

Where this comes from

From the industry tracks T08 to T10 of the research notes.

R&D Topics

Links to R&D topics are awaiting review.

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Which R&D topics would most change this use case. Drafted by Claude from the topic definitions and the use case; proposed until approved.

Opportunities

Opportunities are awaiting review.

Where this comes from

Gaps found by rule in what the directory holds for this use case. Each is a proposal for review.

Links

IndustryIndustrial30 use cases, 54 deployments

Use CaseAutonomous Mining EquipmentIndustrial

Models

Pangu Multimodal and World ModelHuawei (Huawei Cloud), world model

Who Runs It

Yimin open-pit coal mine (Huaneng)In production, May 2025

PT Freeport IndonesiaIn production, 16 Mar 2022

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Models 1

Pangu Multimodal and World ModelHuawei (Huawei Cloud), world model

Deployments 2

Yimin open-pit coal mine (Huaneng)Huawei Pangu Multimodal and World Model, China PT Freeport IndonesiaRCT ControlMaster Guidance autonomous mobile rockbreaker fleet (source does not call it AI or ML), Indonesia

Sources

Mining Technology mining-technology.com https://www.mining-technology.com/newsletters/huaweis-pangu-5-5-ai-intelligent-mining-in-action
Freeport deploys world-first autonomous rockbreaker fleet rct-global.com https://rct-global.com/2022/03/freeport-deploys-world-first-autonomous-rockbreaker-fleet/

To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "Autonomous Mining Equipment", https://aurion.semai.id/usecases/ind-autonomous-mining/, records of October 2026.