Mine Vision Systems
"Digital mapping for the modern underground mine"
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania mining-technology company founded 2015 out of Carnegie Mellon's NREC; builds the FaceCapture LiDAR mapping system for mines.
Mine Vision Systems (MVS) is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based technology company founded in 2015 as a commercialization spin-out from Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center, with initial funding from mining company Gold Fields. The company is headquartered at 6425 Penn Avenue, Suite 250, Pittsburgh, and its chief executive is Michael Smocer.
MVS builds FaceCapture, a portable system combining LiDAR sensors, high-definition cameras and LED lighting to produce real-time, geo-referenced 3D scans of underground mine faces without requiring personnel to enter hazardous areas. The resulting data supports blast-design planning, ore characterization, geotechnical assessment, shaft scanning and convergence monitoring, and is exported into third-party geological-modeling and digital-twin software. Between 2018 and 2021 the company completed more than 50 consulting projects with 24 mining companies before commercially launching FaceCapture in 2023.
MVS lists mining customers including Sibanye Stillwater, OceanaGold, Agnico Eagle, Boliden, Hecla Mining, B2Gold, South32, Coeur Mining, MMG, Eldorado Gold and Kinross Gold, and recently expanded its executive team with new leaders in product strategy, enterprise AI and sales.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
FaceCapture Mapping System
Portable underground mining 3D mapping system combining LiDAR, HD cameras, and LED lights for real-time geotechnical scanning and geospatial alignment.
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Contact Mine Vision Systems
WEBSITE
https://minevisionsystems.comPHONE
+1 412 204 6020HEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
Founded
2015
Primary Role
Software/Algorithm
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Primary Region
North America
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