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Cat MineStar Command for Hauling

Cat MineStar Command for hauling is Caterpillar's autonomous haulage system for surface mining and quarrying.

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Manufacturer
Caterpillar Mining
Form factor
mining
Maturity
production
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
1

Overview

Cat MineStar Command for hauling is Caterpillar's autonomous haulage system for surface mining and quarrying. It runs driverless Cat 789/793/794-class and 777-class trucks under a central autonomy manager with GNSS, perception and object detection. With more than 11 years of operational experience, Command-equipped trucks have autonomously hauled over 8.6 billion tonnes across dozens of sites on three continents.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
production(Full-scale production deployment with repeat customers.)
Verified deployments
1 deployment on file
Sources on file
1 source, view all

Key facts

Operational experience

More than 11 years

Cumulative material moved

Over 8.6 billion tonnes (Caterpillar, 2024)

Scale

Hundreds of trucks across dozens of sites on three continents

Specs

Class

rigid dump truck

Autonomy

driverless AHS (surface)

Truck Classes

Cat 777 (90 t) to 794 AC (320 t)

Data & sources

Web sources

1

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Accountability: Caterpillar Mining has a Claim Integrity of 100% (3 of 3 public claims verified). See the industry ledger.

Deployments (1)

Safety record

No incidents on record for Cat MineStar Command for Hauling.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (1)

  1. https://www.cat.com/en_US/by-industry/mining/minexpo2024/news/press-releases/cat-minestar-command-for-hauling-manages-the-autonomous-ecosystem-to-increase-haulage-efficiency-enhance-safety.html · 2024-09-24

Common questions

What is Cat MineStar Command for Hauling?
Cat MineStar Command for hauling is Caterpillar's autonomous haulage system for surface mining and quarrying. It runs driverless Cat 789/793/794-class and 777-class trucks under a central autonomy manager with GNSS, perception and object detection. With more than 11 years of operational experience, Command-equipped trucks have autonomously hauled over 8.6 billion tonnes across dozens of sites on three continents.
Is Cat MineStar Command for Hauling actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Cat MineStar Command for Hauling is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
Who makes Cat MineStar Command for Hauling?
Cat MineStar Command for Hauling is made by Caterpillar Mining, based in Irving, Texas, USA, founded in 1925.
Where is Cat MineStar Command for Hauling deployed?
1 verified deployment of Cat MineStar Command for Hauling is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Luck Stone Bull Run Plant.
What are alternatives to Cat MineStar Command for Hauling?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable mining robots to Cat MineStar Command for Hauling include AutoMine, Autonomous Haulage System (AHS), BELAZ-7513R Robotic Dump Truck, Epiroc Autonomous Haulage (LinkOA).
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: mining

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Cat MineStar Command for Hauling.