NIOSH Robotics and Intelligent Mining Technology and Workplace Safety Research (U60)

This opportunity supports applied research to advance automation, robotics, and intelligent mining systems that improve safety and health in U.S. mining operations. The goal is to deliver field-ready solutions that strengthen communication, self-escape, refuge performance, and overall safety through modern autonomy, sensing, and decision-support technologies. Key objectives include advancing "assured autonomy" and improving miner safety and health. Potential impacts of this research include advances in human-centered design principles, new methods for change management and safety evaluation, and the development of enabling technologies for assured autonomy. • Advances in automation, robotics, and intelligent systems for mining safety and health • Improvements in communication, self-escape, and refuge performance • Development of field-ready solutions for mining operations • Advancement of "assured autonomy" in mining equipment and systems • Improved safety and health for miners through modern autonomy, sensing, and decision-support technologies