Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The world first underground flight took place at Round Oak Minerals’ Mount Colin underground copper mine and Glencore’s George Fisher underground mine in northern Queensland.

The mines were testing Emesent’s 3D LiDAR-based SLAM technology, which allows drones to fly beyond GPS and line of sight into unmapped areas, helping industrial sites map, navigate, and collect data in challenging inaccessible environments.

Full details at https://techau.com.au/dji-matrice-300-flies-underground-in-two-australian-mines/