Design and development of a mobile robot for environment monitoring in underground coal mines

Abstract

The demand of coal is increasing day-by-day with the growth of civilization. In spite of enhancement of coal production, a huge amount of foreign currency has to be spoiled to import coal from outside to meet the demand-supply gap. The existing coal reserve cannot be extracted fully due to unavailability of proper technology in Indian coal mines. Suitable remote operation technology can be introduced either for extraction of coal from deeper seams or monitoring the mine environment for safety.