Autonomous Haulage System
Deploy autonomy right.
Autonomy is not just a technology overlay, it’s a business transformation. It requires a full operational redesign across every department, reshaping roles, processes and operational design.
Whether you’re just beginning your journey or scaling an existing autonomous operation, eXcellerate bridges the gap between OEM capability and operational reality. We help you deploy faster, operate safer and maximise ROI through proven industry expertise, structured execution and disciplined operational transformation.
eXcellerate supports you end-to-end across the entire AHS lifecycle, using the delivery approach that best fits your operation:
- Full project management
- Hybrid Embedded Support
- Advisory Service
- Optimisation Service
25+
Years of Accumulated Experience
8 AHS
Deployments Completed Australia Wide
+6%
Proven production increase per shift
48%
Decrease in tonnage loss from speed events
AHS Assessment
A successful autonomous deployment begins with a clear understanding of readiness, value potential, and strategic fit. Our assessment gives your leadership a clear, evidence-based foundation for choosing the right pathway and delivering a successful autonomous transition.
- Develop a robust business case and feasibility analysis to quantify value, risks and ROI.
- Evaluate vendor options based on your operational context, technology strategy and long‑term requirements.
- Conduct readiness reviews covering people, processes, technology, infrastructure and organisational capability.
- Map critical gaps and prioritised actions to ensure your site is prepared for safe and efficient AHS execution.
Mine Control Optimisation
AHS success starts in the control room. A well-structured control room, anchored by clearly defined roles, responsive behaviours, effective workflows and robust back up strategies underpin optimal outcomes.
We help you conduct Mine Control Assessments and gap analysis to identify the steps required to hit shift targets consistently, define clear roles and workflows and build resilient backup strategies.
Mine Planning and Road Design
We optimise mine layouts and haul road designs to peak autonomous performance, aligning mine planning with OEM parameters to minimise disruptions and support maximum truck speeds.
Our approach ensures the mine’s physical environment is engineered for autonomous haulage geometry, routing and traffic flow from pre-feasibility through ramp-up.
Infrastructure and Network Design
AHS performance depends on a stable, high‑availability technology environment. We help you design and prepare the physical and digital infrastructure required to support safe, consistent and scalable autonomous haulage operations.
We provide guidance across all infrastructure and network components essential for AHS readiness, including alignment of physical infrastructure with mine planning and AHS geometry, infrastructure layout, network architecture and RF design, redundancy planning, and vendor selection.
Team Structure & Workflows
Many sites still rely on informal, “sink‑or‑swim” training models that create inconsistent capability and reduce execution quality under pressure.
Implementing autonomous operations require revising governance structures and risk frameworks. eXcellerate enables coordinated change across Planning, Operations, Maintenance, Safety, HR and leadership to define team roles and accountability frameworks and implement proven structures and routines to reduce trial-and-error phases and operational risks
System Performance Optimisation
AHS performance must stabilise and mature after commissioning to reach a consistent, high‑reliability operation.
We help you align system functionality with operational intent and role specific requirements to reduce intervention delays and set up standardised KPI frameworks that support long term data-driven improvement.
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Success Stories
