A dual-person dual-machine measurement method for mining and transportation equipment is provided, including an intelligent measurement module, a measurement user module, and a measurement task module. The intelligent measurement module includes two inspectors conducting inspections in opposite directions and Augmented Reality (AR) glasses carried by the inspectors, and is configured to collect data based on Hololens equipment. The measurement user module is built into edge computers carried by the inspectors and includes a multi-user collaborative platform, where the multi-user collaborative platform measures working-face mining-transportation pose data under AR assistance and performs data processing operations, and the multi-user collaborative platform enables real-time collaboration of measurement perspectives and data among multiple users. The measurement task module is responsible for clarifying measurement tasks for the multi-user collaborative platform and for solving data feedback from the measurement tasks, and simultaneously feeds back solving results to an inspection AR end in the form of tasks.

A mining system with an inertial guidance system configured to enable precise excavation of geological material without a need to advance a survey line over a long distance and/or nonlinear excavation path, thereby maximizing productivity of the mind by minimizing a width of un-mined material necessary for support between adjacent excavation paths and minimizing equipment downtime.

A sensor system in a mining vehicle includes at least one sensor configured to scan surroundings of the mining vehicle, at least one computing device configured to execute a plurality of applications, and a managed switch connected to the at least one sensor and the at least one computing device, wherein the managed switch is connected to the at least one computing device from via a first port of the managed switch configured to forward data for a first application of the plurality of applications and from via at least one second port configured to forward data for at least one second application of the plurality of applications. The managed switch is configured to send measurement data of the surroundings from the at least one sensor to the first port and send a copy of the measurement data to the at least one second port.

A sensor system of underground mining vehicles, which system is arranged to be fastened at a perimeter of an underground mining vehicle, comprising a sensor (1) and a stand (2), wherein the stand comprises a mounting plate (3) for fastening the stand (2) to the underground mining vehicle, a movable plate (4) fastened moveably to the mounting plate (3), a guard member (7a, 7b, . . . ) fastened to the movable plate (4), and a biasing member (9a, 9b, . . . ) fastened between the movable plate (4) and the mounting plate (3). The sensor (1) is fastened to the movable plate (4). The movable plate (4) has two positions: a resting position, and a retracted position, and the biasing member (9a, 9b, . . . ) is biasing the movable plate (4) to the resting position.

According to various embodiments, an excavation system may include an excavation machine having a machine pick and configured to excavate a material using the machine pick, an infrared camera for sensing temperature-based image data representing a machine pick, and a data processing device configured to determine an indication representing at least one geometrical property of the machine pick based on the temperature-based image data and determine a state of the machine pick based on the indication.