Scientific substantiation of the technological scheme of robotized mine with the use of underground hydraulic mining equipment

This article analyzes and evaluates the possibility of improving the technology of underground coal mining, taking into account the achievements of the basic sciences, robotics and digital technologies in recent decades. According to the results of the analysis, it was established that at present the deposits of coal seams suitable for open-cut mining are almost completely exhausted by the industry. One of the ways to increase the volume of coal mining is the gradual replacement of the open-cut mining by manless underground method with remote control of mining processes and maximum use of digital technologies and wireless communication. Hydraulic technology is the most adaptive to manless underground excavation. The technical means for constructing the technological scheme of hydromine of a new generation and the technological requirements of the excavation robot for underground manless coal mining were substantiated. (paper)