Komatsu is collaborating with Applied Intuition, a Silicon Valley-based vehicle intelligence company.
This collaboration will incorporate Applied Intuition’s technologies and adaptability to Komatsu’s mining equipment. The companies say these additions will help customers boost productivity, reduce downtime and operate with greater precision and efficiency.
By combining Applied Intuition’s capabilities across vehicle operating systems, autonomy stacks and tooling, and Komatsu’s expertise in off-highway autonomy and mining applications, the companies will co-develop a unified software-defined vehicle (SDV) and autonomy platform. This platform will serve as the central brain of Komatsu’s next-generation mining equipment.
“Komatsu is committed to creating value together with our customers, and this collaboration represents a step change in how we bring innovative, high-performance technology to their operations,” says Peter Salditt, president of the mining business division at Komatsu and CEO of Komatsu Mining Technologies. “By combining Komatsu’s deep mining expertise with Applied Intuition’s cutting-edge AI and SDV solutions, we’re enabling a future where our equipment continuously evolves to meet customers’ unique mine site needs.”
The jointly developed platform will provide features such as:
• Software-defined vehicle architecture that will enable continuous feature delivery over the life of the machine, with native integration of data management, digital security and connected support.
• Flexible autonomy capabilities ranging from advanced operator assist to full autonomy on a common platform, adaptable across fleets, commodities and operational complexities.
• Embedded machine learning and AI that supports functional enhancements and continuous learning, enabling site-specific optimization as conditions change.
Komatsu says the platform can offer improved equipment performance, reduced downtime and increased return on investment through the company’s next-generation autonomy systems. The enhanced architecture aims to enable faster deployment, simplified support and scalable solutions that extend across mine sizes and geographies, according to the company.
“In a world where autonomy is becoming the norm, our goal is to ensure our customers don’t just keep up – they lead,” says Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition. “The mining industry is one of the most regulated in the world, and as the bar keeps rising around emissions, human safety and geopolitics, Applied Intuition and Komatsu plan to build the next generation of mining products and redefine modern software product development. The team is looking forward to breaking new ground and digging into the future.”
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