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    Applied Intuition–Heidelberg quarry autonomy: haul road design notes for engineers

    May 1, 2026|

    Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

    Applied Intuition–Heidelberg quarry autonomy: haul road design notes for engineers

    First reported on International Mining – News

    30 Second Briefing

    Applied Intuition is partnering with Heidelberg Materials to deploy its Self-Driving System (SDS) for Construction on autonomous haul trucks at the Clarence Sands quarry in New South Wales, Australia. The collaboration targets full quarry fleet autonomy, integrating perception, planning, and control software with existing haulage equipment and site traffic management. For geotechnical and operations teams, this signals growing demand for highly repeatable haul road geometry, consistent berm and ditch maintenance, and robust geofencing to support safe driverless operation in active extraction faces.

    Technical Brief

    • Applied Intuition’s SDS for Construction integrates perception, prediction, planning and control into a single autonomy stack.
    • System is being tailored for quarry duty cycles rather than generic on-road haulage use cases.
    • Clarence Sands deployment is framed as the first step towards scaling across Heidelberg Materials’ global quarries.
    • Applied Intuition’s “physical AI” approach relies heavily on simulation to validate edge cases before on-site testing.
    • Safety case will depend on proving reliable obstacle detection and controlled stops around mixed manned–autonomous traffic.
    • Integration with existing fleet management and dispatch systems is critical to avoid conflicting movement commands.
    • For other quarries, autonomy roll-out will likely drive more formalised traffic rules and codified exclusion zones.

    Our Take

    Heidelberg Materials appears repeatedly in our database for low‑carbon and electrified equipment trials – from hydrogen-fuelled asphalt production to a battery shunter at Whatley Quarry – so using Applied Intuition at Clarence Sands in Australia fits a pattern of the group testing new tech at operating sites rather than in isolated pilots.

    With 1,216 mining stories and 2,310 tag‑matched ‘Projects’/‘Safety’ pieces in our coverage, quarry autonomy at Clarence Sands sits in a relatively small subset where digital tools are explicitly framed as safety interventions rather than just productivity upgrades, which may help with workforce and regulator acceptance in Australia.

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