en.Wedoany.com Reported - The National Mine Safety Administration and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have jointly issued a notice, deciding to launch a pilot program for mine robot application verification. The initiative aims to accelerate the development and large-scale application of mine robots, replacing dangerous, heavy, arduous, and dirty posts with robots to enhance the intrinsic safety level of mines.

This application verification focuses on seven categories of scenarios: mine excavation, mining, transportation, mineral processing, auxiliary operations, safety control, and emergency rescue. The verification priorities include the safety, reliability, stability, practicality, adaptability to complex environments, and collaborative operation capabilities of the robots. The verification period varies depending on the scenario: robots for excavation, mining, and mineral processing require verification for no less than 6 months; robots for transportation and safety control must be verified at no fewer than 2 locations, with no less than 6 months at each location; robots for auxiliary operations and emergency rescue must be verified at no fewer than 3 locations, with no less than 9 months at each location.

The pilot program aims to establish a closed-loop mechanism of "application verification - feedback on effectiveness - improvement and refinement - re-application verification." By promptly identifying issues with key robot components and overall machine performance, organizing joint technical research, and iteratively upgrading to produce suitable, effective, and user-friendly robot products, the program ultimately seeks to form a batch of technically mature, replicable, and promotable mine robot products and comprehensive solutions. Simultaneously, focusing on the entire "component - complete machine - system" chain, research on standards and specifications will be conducted, formulating norms for key indicator grading evaluation, data security and system compatibility, robot operation and maintenance, and operating procedures.

Projects are to be voluntarily declared in the form of consortia. A consortium must include a mining enterprise, a robot R&D/production enterprise, and a university/research institute; robot component enterprises and testing/inspection institutions may participate, with one mining enterprise serving as the lead unit. Declaration conditions include: all consortium parties must be legal entities registered within China, and the mining enterprise must have no adverse credit records in the past 3 years; application verification must be carried out for no fewer than 2 types and 10 units (sets) of robots; the mining enterprise must possess the necessary infrastructure and authentic operating environment; the robot production enterprise must own core intellectual property rights and customization capabilities, and the robot products must obtain qualification certifications such as the "Mining Product Safety Mark Certificate"; universities, institutes, and component enterprises must provide technical support; testing and inspection institutions must possess corresponding qualifications.

In terms of organization and implementation, the provincial bureaus of the National Mine Safety Administration will take the lead, jointly recommending projects with provincial-level emergency management, industry, and information technology departments. Central enterprises will have their projects uniformly recommended by their group corporations. Recommending units must submit declaration materials to the Safety Fundamentals Department of the National Mine Safety Administration before July 20, 2026. The National Mine Safety Administration and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will jointly establish an expert panel to conduct a comprehensive evaluation based on dimensions such as scenario representativeness, expected outcomes, equipment suitability, operational stability, technical support capability, and safety assurance capability, determining and publicly announcing the shortlisted candidates.

Shortlisted consortia must initiate verification within one month after the list is published, complete all tasks within two years, and report work progress semi-annually. Advanced technologies, mature equipment, and excellent solutions developed during the verification will be prioritized for inclusion in relevant promotion catalogs. The two departments will coordinate support through policies such as first-unit (set) equipment recognition, central budget investment, and coal mine production capacity increase approvals, and encourage local governments to provide support in terms of policies, funding, and resource matching. Pilot qualifications will be terminated in cases of inadequate safety management, failure to proceed as planned, or falsification.

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