# 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.

- Published: 2026-07-25T05:43:03.754Z
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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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