A concept of designing mining systems in transition to robotic underground geotechnologies

I.I. Aynbinder, P.G. Patskevich
Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
Russian Mining Industry №5S/ 2025 p. 14-19

Abstract: The trend towards underground mining of solid minerals is linked to the transition of mining operations to greater depths, and, in the future, to ultra-deep levels of over 2.0 km, where the main difficulties of mining operations are caused by high rock pressure and high temperature of the rock mass. In these conditions, the urgent task for the development of mining operations is to design geotechnologies that are ready for robotization and automation of the main production processes, as well as for digitalization of mining activities, which is envisaged by the smart mine concept. The article defines the concept of moving mining systems to super-deep levels using robotic systems as well as the principles for building new mining systems in super-deep conditions. The proposed concept makes it possible to determine the prospects for the development of mining operations through extensive implementation of automated and robotic mining equipment and digitalization of mining processes. In order to achieve this goal, all technological processes must be considered not separately, but in their combination with account of their interaction, i.e. the technical and functional requirements must be formulated for each element of the company's process system, including the acquisition, processing and transfer of information to an integration platform for further utilization.

Keywords: mining system, great depths, ultra-deep levels, robotization, automation, technological processes, digitalization of mining operations

For citation: Aynbinder I.I., Patskevich P.G. A concept of designing mining systems in transition to robotic underground geotechnologies. Russian Mining Industry. 2025;(5S):14–19. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2025-5S-14-19

Article info

Received: 23.08.2025

Revised: 06.10.2025

Accepted: 07.10.2025

Information about the authors

Igor I. Aynbinder – Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, Chief Research Associate, Laboratory of Geotechnologies for Integrated Development of Mineral Deposits, Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1053-1166

Petr G. Patskevich – Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Head of the Laboratory of Geotechnologies for Integrated Development of Mineral Deposits, Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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