UNEXMIN Georobotics Ltd. participated as an external expert in the ROBOMINERS Horizon 2020 Project Roadmapping Workshop organized by the La Palma Research Center (LPRC) in La Palma, Canary Islands, May 4-5, 2023. The first part… Read More »ROBOMINERS Workshop, La Palma
In early March, the UNEXMIN Georobotics team carried out a preliminary field survey at a fluorite mine in Gehren, Ilmenau, Germany. The mine was the largest fluorite-barite deposit in Germany and is currently in the… Read More »Ilmenau, Germany – March 2023 – Preliminary Fieldtrip
Our team attended the Mine.io kick-off meeting in Milan, Italy, in January 2023. Representatives from all 25 partners attended the meeting and discussed the main details of the project launch. The leaders of each Work… Read More »Mine.io – Milan, January 2023 – Kick-off meeting
Our team at Käfersteige mine in Pforzheim, Germany, has achieved significant results with the UX1-Neo robot survey! During a total of 22 hours of diving, the robot travelled approximately 8.5 km, creating a 3D model… Read More »Käfersteige mine, Pforzheim, Germany – December 2022 – The Mission
The team of UNEXMIN Georobotics Ltd. successfully returned to the Käfersteige fluorite mine near Pforzheim.Thanks to the team of Deutsche Flussspat GmbH, who prepared the site perfectly for us based on our previous discussions, our… Read More »Käfersteige mine, Pforzheim, Germany – November 2022 – Arrival
The UNEXUP project, funded by EIT RawMaterials, held its final conference in Brussels – Belgium, on 18th November 2022. The main objective of this event was to present the project outcomes, robotic development, field missions,… Read More »Brussels – November 2022 – UNEXUP Final Conference
We arrived at the largest deposit of fluorspar in Europe, which is assumed to be in the Käfersteige area, near Pforzheim, Germany. The mine is currently owned by Deutsche Flussspat GmbH (DFG), who plan to… Read More »Käfersteige mine, Pforzheim, Germany – October 2022 – Preliminary Fieldtip
UNEXMIN Georobotics Ltd. participated in the first personal Steering Committee meeting of the TIMREX (https://timrexproject.eu/) EIT RawMaterials Academy project in Zagreb, Croatia. During the meeting, which took place on 3-4 October, the consortium partners discussed… Read More »Zagreb, Croatia – October 2022 – TIMREX Steering Commitee Meeting
Researchers from UNEXMIN Georobotics Ltd and the University of Miskolc visited a former siderite mine near Nižná Slaná in Slovakia, where large amounts of arsenic-contaminated water have been flowing into the Sajó River in recent… Read More »Alsósajó (Nižná Slaná), Slovakia – August 2022 – Preliminary Fieldtrip
The UNEXMIN Georobotics Ltd. from Budapest, Hungary and the Hranický Kras unit of the Czech Speleological Society joined forces to explore the world’s currently known deepest flooded cave, the Hranická Propast in the Czech Republic,… Read More »NEW WORLD RECORD IN THE DEEPEST FLOODED CAVE – 450 m below the surface
Breaking news – We are pleased to inform you that the previously set world record for diving to a depth of 404 metres in the Hranice Abyss is broken. On August 1, 2022, our UX1-Neo… Read More »Hranice Abyss – August 2022 – World Record
Our team has arrived in Hranice, Czech Republic. Our mission is to explore the Hranice Abyss, the deepest known underwater cave on Earth, to a depth of 200 m in the next few days. The… Read More »Hranice Abyss – July 2022 – Arrival
The Kőbánya mission has been successfully completed. During the work, the following key tasks were completed: – fully autonomous dive with optical cable connection; – fully autonomous dive without an optical cable connection; – remote… Read More »Kőbánya – June 2022 – The Mission Part 3
Our team went to Mohács in June 2022, where they used the DeepTrecker robot and a sonar to survey the condition of the harbour’s cement pillars.
We are pleased to announce that today we have reached another milestone! During the tests in the Kőbánya cellar system, a major milestone in autonomous testing was reached on 19 June, when the UX1-Neo robot… Read More »Kőbánya – June 2022 – The Mission Part 2
Between the 13th and 24th of June 2022, our team will test the limits of technology in the Kőbánya cellar system, which is the largest cellar system in Hungary. Its surface area is estimated to… Read More »Kőbánya – June 2022 – The Mission Part 1
The UNEXMIN Georobotics Ltd. participated in the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) 2022 annual meeting in Toronto, Canada. The conference was attended by more than 17,000 delegates from 120 countries. In addition to… Read More »Toronto, Kanada – 90th PDAC – June 2022
Our team has arrived at the Kőbánya cellar system, which is an extensive, partially flooded underground network in the 10th district of Budapest (Kőbánya), Hungary. With a maximum depth of around 30m, Kőbánya provides an… Read More »Kőbánya – June 2022 – Arrival
The main objective of the dives in Ecton in March 2022 was to compare the performance and capabilities of the UX1-Neo robot with the UX1-Nata used in the same location in 2019 and to test… Read More »Ecton – March 2022 – Testing of BlueROV2
The March 2022 dives in the Deep Ecton mine were a continuation of the former UNEXMIN mission. Our UX-series robots were tested here in 2019, reached depths of 125 m and explored several previously unknown… Read More »Ecton – March 2022 – Testing of UX1-Neo
Our team has successfully arrived in Ecton (United Kingdom) after the South Crofty mission, where we are using the UX1-Neo prototype designed by the UNEXUP EIT RawMaterials project partners to explore the flooded shafts of… Read More »Ecton – March 2022 – Arrival
During the expedition, successful dives were made to the ‘195 fm pumping station’ of the New Cooks Kitchen shaft, generating approximately 1 TB of data. The diving conditions were far from ideal, the water was… Read More »South Crofty – March 2022 – mission
UNEXMIN GeoRobotics Ltd. and project partners from the UNEXUP RawMaterials project have arrived in South Crofty, United Kingdom, to carry out exploratory dives in the New Cooks Kitchen shaft at the South Crofty mine. The… Read More »South Crofty – March 2022 – Arrival
Our team arrived at the Hranice Abyss (Czech Republic), the deepest flooded pit cave in the world. It is a karst sinkhole near the town of Hranice. The cave is estimated to have a depth… Read More »Hranice Abyss – January 2022 – Preliminary Fieldtrip
After the successful site assessment, the UNEXMIN Georobotics Ltd. just returned to Solotvyno, Ukraine to survey an abandoned, collapsed salt mine. The robot is exploring the Shaft 10 which is 500m deep and has direct… Read More »Robotic survey with the UX1-Neo at Solotvyno, Ukraine
The Dubrovnik International School of Mining has launched the DIM ESEE-2 project, which will run from January 2021 to December 2024. The project is supported by a consortium of 14 members from over 10 mining… Read More »Dubrovnik, Croatia – October 2021 – DIM ESEE-2
However, the robot is equipped with cutting edge instruments and sensors not just to survive the adventure but to collect precise data about the geology of the cave. The known part of the Molnár János… Read More »The UX1-Neo explored the Molnár János Cave in Budapest, Hungary
The UNEXMIN Georobotics Ltd. just finished to map a freshwater well in Csór, Hungary. The mission was to survey the most important potable water source of Western Hungary. The shaft needs reconstruction work which requires… Read More »Exploring the Csór freshwater well in Hungary
The first test of the UX-1Neo took place in May 2021 at the closed and flooded uranium mine in Urgeiriça, Portugal.The choice of location was not random. We have visited the mine several times during… Read More »Minas da Urgeiriça, Portugal – May/June 2021 – 1st test of the UX-1Neo
Already more than 2 months have passed since the BlueROV2 (https://bluerobotics.com/) arrived. The BlueROV2 is the most basic of the ROV’s that will be part of our operational fleet for underwater surveys and inspections. Furthermore,… Read More »First underwater ROV in our fleet: BlueROV2 with modifications
In the INESC-TEC laboratory in Porto, the UX-1Neo robot, created by the project partners in the framework of the UNEXUP EIT RawMaterials project, is finally taking form.The robot’s internal structure (cameras, computational vision, navigation sensors,… Read More »Porto, Portugal – December 2020 – UX-1Neo assembly
First site assessment in 2020 concluded In July, two colleagues visited a site in the Ukraine to be surveyed for health and safety reasons. The Solotvino salt mine in the Ukraine, located only several km… Read More »First site assessment in 2020 concluded
On Thursday (23/07) and Friday (24/07) of last week the UNEXUP consortium met online for the First Progress Meeting, supposed to happen in person, in Porto (Portugal), but due to the COVID-19 situation, it had… Read More »1st Progress Meeting