Automated device for drilling a hole in the vault and walls of a tunnel and for installing an anchoring element into said hole

An automated device for drilling a hole in the vault and walls of a tunnel and installing an anchoring element into said hole, comprising:

• a robot comprising a base, a robotic arm extending from the base and a multifunctional head arranged at the end of the arm and movable over 360 degrees, said multifunctional head comprising a drill, a percussor operable for inserting an anchoring element in the hole, and a vision system,
• an elevating platform bearing a device for guiding in translation the base of the robot,
• a control unit suitable for communicating with a controller of the robot and with a theodolite present in the tunnel, the control unit comprising a man-machine interface and a processor configured to determine in real time the position of the robot in a three-dimensional reference frame of the tunnel based on localization information of the platform provided by the theodolite,
• wherein the platform is provided with at least three prisms arranged so as to be able to be detected by the theodolite.