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Innovative British tunnelling system uses swarms of lining robots to cut cost and risk

Mike King

Year
2022
Citations
2

Abstract

An innovative tunnelling system based on swarms of robots building linings from within a ring of horizontal boreholes was unveiled at the British Tunnelling Society conference last year. Mike King, BTS committee member and hyperTunnel technical board member, explains the benefits.

Keywords

Quantum tunnellingRobotTrack (disk drive)BoreholeEngineeringComputer scienceMechanical engineeringPhysicsArtificial intelligenceGeotechnical engineering

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