A review of remote-sensing unmanned aerial vehicles in the mining industry

dc.contributor.authorLoots, M.
dc.contributor.authorGrobbelaar, Schalk
dc.contributor.authorVan der Lingen, Elma
dc.contributor.emailschalk.grobbelaar@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-28T10:55:48Z
dc.date.available2023-08-28T10:55:48Z
dc.date.issued2022-07
dc.description.abstractThe increased adoption of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) may improve the productivity and costeffectiveness of remote sensing in the mining industry. This review’s objective is to enable stakeholders to identify possible application adoption, improvement, and innovation opportunities. The review merges a building block strategy and practical screening criteria to identify possible avenues of research to answer the review questions. After the screening process, 72 documents were included in the review. Papers were classified into four categories: exploration, development, exploitation, and reclamation. Fifteen applications were identified, the majority of which were in the exploration phase. The most often researched applications were topographic surveys, reclamation monitoring, and slope management. From the two UAV types identified, multi-rotor vehicles were the most favoured for all applications. From the eight remote sensing techniques identified, photogrammetry was the one most often used. Other techniques were limited because of complexity, cost, or the incompatibility of sensors and UAVs. The review was limited to published papers in academic journals. Future studies could aim to include empirical data on the latest UAV applications used in the mining industry.en_US
dc.description.departmentGraduate School of Technology Management (GSTM)en_US
dc.description.librarianam2023en_US
dc.description.urihttps://journals.co.za/journal/saimmen_US
dc.identifier.citationLoots, M., Grobbelaar, S., and van der Lingen, E. 2022 A review of remote-sensing unmanned aerial vehicles in the mining industry. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, vol. 122, no. 7, pp. 387–396. http://dx.DOI.org/10.17159/2411-9717/1602/2022.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2225-6253 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2411-9717 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.17159/2411-9717/1602/2022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/92074
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSouthern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgyen_US
dc.rights© Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.en_US
dc.subjectRemote sensingen_US
dc.subjectMining industryen_US
dc.subjectPhotogrammetryen_US
dc.subjectMonitoringen_US
dc.subjectDetectionen_US
dc.subjectUnmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)en_US
dc.titleA review of remote-sensing unmanned aerial vehicles in the mining industryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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