Terrestrial Systems

Mining and geotechnical analysis programs incorporate autonomous drilling, sample acquisition and sample analysis to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance safety. Developing reliable autonomous and telerobotic systems for unstructured and dirty environments, however, is a challenge. Honeybee has extensive experience in this sector, working with leading researchers and mining companies to deploy rugged and dependable geotechnical systems in some of the most demanding environments in the world.

Honeybee works closely with customers throughout the development process – from early-stage planning through operations in the field – to ensure our systems suit their science and engineering requirements.

Our geotechnical systems feature:

• Intelligent, autonomous operations with fault tolerance and recovery to improve uptime.
• Task-specific engineering optimized for particular environments, or ruggedized to handle a variety of conditions.
• Embedded sensors for in-situ analysis and sample characterization.