Morning Edition · Saturday, July 25, 2026Published at 1:43 AM EDT · New York
A Utah Copper Mine Adds Boston Dynamics Robots to a Fully Autonomous Operation
Mariana Minerals is deploying the Spot robot across its Copper One site, which it calls the world's first autonomous copper mine, targeting 50,000 tons of refined copper a year by 2030.
Mariana Minerals is adding Boston Dynamics' Spot robot to Copper One, a copper mine and refinery in southeastern Utah that the company describes as the world's first autonomous mining operation. The site combines automated drills and roboti…
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