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AssigneeJevons IP Pty Limited
InventorAndrew Scott VAN DAM
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A mobile platform/vehicle 10 for delivering payload to a drilled hole/blast hole has a hole identification system 70 to identify location of the drilled/blast hole and/or a payload delivery arrangement for controlling delivery of payload material from the payload support structure 12 into the drilled/blast hole. A perception system obtains data relating to hole location, shape, state or angle, which can have an image capture device 72 and/or at least one distance and ranging system. The hole identification system can identify two points within data relating to the hole where difference in distance from one image capture device to each of two points of interest are a maximum for the data. A dipping probe 50 deploys on a flexible elongate member 52 of a winch 56 into the cavity to detect a height or fill level within the blast hole 58.
An apparatus including a mobile platform for transporting and/or delivering a payload across a ground surface or terrain to a drilled hole or blast hole, the mobile platform including a payload support structure, a plurality of ground engaging means for traversing the ground surface or the terrain, and a suspension arrangement supporting the payload support structure on the plurality of ground engaging means, and wherein the apparatus includes at least one of hole identification system configured to identify location of the drilled/blast hole and/or includes at least one payload delivery arrangement for controlling delivery of payload material from the payload support structure into the drilled/blast hole.
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