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AssigneeCaterpillar Underground Mining Pty. Ltd.
InventorsPradeep KUMAR P.H., Peter John Broughton, Joshua Gerri! Bynon
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A method for operating an underground loader is disclosed. The method includes detecting, by a controller, a first position of the underground loader within a worksite. The method also includes determining, by the controller, a location of a dumping pit within the worksite. Further, the method includes determining, by the controller, a route for the underground loader to tram from the first position to the location of the dumping pit. Furthermore, the method includes controlling, by the controller, a movement of the underground loader along the route up to the location of the dumping pit. The method also includes moving, by the controller, an implement assembly of the underground loader based on a profile of a terrain along the route and a height of an embankment defined at an edge of the dumping pit.
A method for operating an underground loader, the method comprising:
A control system for operating an underground loader at a worksite, the underground loader having an implement assembly, the worksite having a terrain, a dumping pit, and an embankment defined at an edge of the dumping pit, the control system comprising:
An underground loader operating at a mining site, the mining site having a terrain and including a dumping pit and an embankment, the embankment being defined at an edge of the dumping pit and having a height, the underground loader including:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.