How 5G & AI Technology are Transforming the Mining Industry

5G和人工智能技术如何改变采矿业

See how Huawei 5G and AI are transforming the mining industry with their digital transformation solutions, making mining safer, greener and more efficient.

了解华为的5G和人工智能技术，如何通过数字化转型解决方案改造采矿业，使采矿过程更安全、更环保、更高效。

this video is about a technology and specifically how 5G and AI are hel the mining industry become safer more efficient and greener so underground mining generally is a very complex and dangerous operation and each year there are numerous accidents and fatalities in mines all around the world for example from 2010 to 2018 there were 53 accidents resulted in 312 fatalities in Pakistan mines alone and in that same period there were 171 fatalities in mines in the USA now although the world is transitioning to more and more green energy there is still going to be a requirement for coal for some considerable time into the future

这次讲述的是技术，特别是5G和人工智能如何使得采矿业变得更安全、更高效、更环保，

地下采矿通常是一种非常复杂和危险的作业，每年世界各地的矿山都会发生大量死亡事故，例如，从2010年到2018年，巴基斯坦矿山发生了53起事故，导致312人死亡

仅在同一时期，美国就有171人死于煤矿，尽管世界正在向越来越多的绿色能源过渡，但在未来相当长的一段时间内，仍将需要煤炭

many modern coal mines do in fact have mechanized operations at the coal phase mechanized mining however there are many problems with these systems because these systems generally rely on cables and cameras and because there's a lot of moving Machinery within a mine especially at the operational face many of these cables and fiber optic links get severed which results in the control room not being able to see the operations from the cameras that are actually taking place at the coal phase and this means that mining operations have to be restricted or even stopped while repairs are made to these cables other issues that this brings are that because these cameras rely on cables at the operations center The Operators can only see single feeds from single cameras and this makes it very difficult for them to see the operations across the whole of the cold face at one time one other aspect of coal mining is tunneling and this is the most complex and dangerous operation in mining and it actually accounts for 40 percent of all coal mining accidents an operational safety for tunneling relies on manual supervision which is actually quite inefficient and over 50 percent of all tunneling accidents are caused by manual error so that gives you a bit of an overview of some of the problem coal mining companies face in the safety of their Workforce

事实上，许多现代煤矿在采煤阶段都有机械化作业，但这些系统存在许多问题，通常依赖于电缆和摄像机，而且由于矿井内有许多移动机械，特别是在作业面，许多电缆和光纤链路被切断，这导致控制室无法能够从摄像机中看到煤炭阶段实际发生的作业，这意味着在对这些电缆进行维修时，必须限制甚至停止采矿作业。这带来的其他问题是，因为这些摄像机依赖于操作中心的电缆。操作员只能看到来自单个摄像机的单个馈电，这使得对他们来说，很难同时看到整个寒冷工作面上的作业，

煤矿开采的另一个方面是掘进，这是采矿中最复杂、最危险的作业，实际上占所有煤矿事故的40%隧道事故是由人工错误引起的，因此，这让你对煤矿公司在员工安全方面面临的一些问题有了一点了解

so how can this be improved how can these companies make it safer and have less people working underground well the answer lies with AI and 5G technology and Huawei have a whole solution for mining companies and I'm going to tell you a little bit about that now 5G networks can deliver ultra high bandwidth and also have much faster upload download link speeds and this enables the systems to be able to deliver high definition backhaul video from hundreds if not thousands of cameras simultaneously reaching speeds of more than one gigabits per second these videos are then fed back into an AI algorithm which stitches them all together into a panoramic view this view is also very clear due to the dust removing algorithm what you have to appreciate is these cameras are in very dirty Dusty environments but the AI algorithm cleans all this dust out so the operators on the surface are seeing a very very clear picture of what's going on on the coal face right across the entire coal phase up to a 20 meter radius and that is absolutely a massive sort of jump in um their experience of what they previously had additionally

5G networks deliver low latency which is ideal for the remote control of Machinery previous generations of communication had a latency that made it not possible for these remote operations to be done in real time but now due to the low latency of 5G The Operators on the service can operate the Machinery by remote control and this brings a massive benefit in that many of these workers previously had to work in very dirty and dangerous conditions underground but that is not the case anymore they can sit in a nice air-conditioned office and control the Machinery The Cutting Machinery on the mine face from the comfort of their desk and together with the um technology of the clear image from the cameras which I've just spoke about this makes the mining operations much safer and much more efficient additionally 5G and AI can monitor the mining tunneling process which as I mentioned earlier is one of the most complex and dangerous parts of mining now unlike a human Ai and the camera feeds can monitor thousands of operations a second and from that if it sees any things that happening correctly it can produce real-time alarms as well as making adjustments to the tunneling process

那么，如何改进这一点呢？这些公司如何加强安全呢？减少地下工作人员？

答案在于人工智能和5G技术，而华为为矿业公司提供了一个完整的解决方案，我将告诉大家，现在5G网络可以提供超高带宽，上传下载链接速度更快，这使得系统能够能够从数百台（如果不是数千台）摄像机同时传送高清晰度回程视频，速度超过每秒1千兆比特，然后这些视频被反馈到AI算法中，该算法将它们缝合在一起，形成全景视图。

由于采用了除尘算法，这一视图也非常清晰，令你佩服的是，这些摄像机非常脏，但是人工智能算法清除了所有这些灰尘，因此地面上的操作员可以非常清晰地看到整个煤炭阶段（半径为20米）煤炭工作面上发生的情况，这绝对是一种巨大的飞跃，他们对以前的经验的体验，

此外，5G网络提供了低延迟，这是远程操作的理想选择机器的控制前几代通信的延迟使得这些远程操作不可能实时完成，但现在由于5G的低延迟，该服务的操作员可以通过远程控制操作机器，这带来了巨大的好处，

这些工人中的许多人以前必须在非常肮脏和危险的地下条件下工作。但现在情况已经不是这样了，他们可以坐在一间有空调的办公室里，从舒适的办公桌上控制采矿工作面上的切割机械，再加上我刚才提到的摄像头清晰图像的um技术，这使得采矿作业更加安全和高效。

此外，5G和AI可以监控采矿隧道。正如我前面提到的，这个过程是采矿业中最复杂和最危险的部分之一，现在采用人工智能，摄像头可以每秒监控数千次操作，可以发出实时警报，并对掘进过程进行调整

以下是各国网民的评论：

Cheesypuffs

be really cool if 5G or a faster, lower latency internet connection could allow surgeons to operate remotely on patients using robotic arms

如果5G速度更快、更低延迟的互联网连接速度，能够让外科医生使用机器人手臂对患者进行远程操作，那真的很酷

Persimon

There already are such systems.

已经有这样的系统了。

Brick Life

Great that 5G & AI is improving mining operations

很好，5G和人工智能正在改善采矿作业

Zvn_wvkong

Greetings from Mexco , I'm happy you have recovered

来自墨西哥的问候

Araf's Adventures

Love anything Huawei

只要是华为的，我都喜欢

Tube4MJ

Very interesting, as someone who has lost friends who worked in our local coal mines, anything which can make the working conditions safer is a step forward. Thank you for your research and this video. Cheers from Australia.

很有趣！我有一位朋友在我们当地煤矿挖煤时遇难了，任何能保障工作条件更安全的事情，都是向前迈出的一步。来自澳大利亚的欢呼

TWLam

The number of miners required will be reduced. Need to create new type of jobs for mining communities.

不需要那么多工人了。我们应该为采矿业创造新的就业机会。

Alan Tan

To those countries that operate mining without these 5G facilities, it is unthinkable that you're endangering your workers without 5G & AI

对于那些在没有相应5G设施的环境下采矿的国家来说，没有5G和人工智能的加持，你的工人很危险啊，这是不可想象的

Robert A

I don't understand why underground coal mines still exst. Certainly open cut can reduce the loss of life that occurs. Of course there are also future problems with underground coal mines, after shutting, as well down.

我不明白为什么地下煤矿仍然存在。当然，明挖可以减少生命损失。当然，地下煤矿在关闭后，以后也会出现问题。

Felix Luk

Stripe mining is extremely destructive to the environment. Furthermore, stripe mining is only used only when a mine is close to the surface.

条带开采对环境的破坏性极大。此外，仅当矿山靠近地表时才使用条带开采。

cathy lee

This high tech will reduce the mining accidents

这种高科技能减少采矿事故

Holy Butterfly

In Australia we have health care card for free to see a doctor but how about in China ?

在澳大利亚，我们有免费看病的医疗卡，中国呢？

Winter Sweet

Support Huawei.

支持华为

Kenny Lam

Because this is Huawei technology, mines in 5 eyes countries will not use it. Security risks, they say

这是华为的技术，五眼国家的煤矿不会使用这个技术的

xangbo wang

Great!

太棒了

Gendi Abdi

Salaams from E Africa! Wish U and Ollie well! Take care... Mohamed A Hussein

我是来自东非的萨拉姆！祝一切顺利！当心

Make

"Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it's safe or certain." -Anonymous

信任是因为你愿意接受风险，而不是因为它是安全的

Chris Koay

US gonna start copying this.

美国将开始复制这个技术

Zhuge Liang

Huawei should hire you as the PR man. I’ll have a word with them

华为应该雇佣你做公关

syncmaster915n

I can already see Huawei in the forefront of space mining.

我已经可以看到华为站在太空采矿的前沿。

Qu S.

Why is this AI? What is the distinction?

为什么是人工智能？区别是什么？

stanbimi

Huawei's 5G can save lives by reducing the need for miners to go underground. That's high value proposition.

华为的5G可以减少矿工进入地下的需求，从而挽救生命。这个意义重大啊

MARK MAHAN

Very interesting and informative. But how is it Green?

非常有趣，信息丰富。不过这怎么是环保的呢？

Peace Hippie Trollster

The less miners the better. Less accidents

矿工越少越好。减少事故发生

Persimon

Get real. There will always be mining.

现实一点吧！永远都会要采矿的