We are always trying to figure out how to enable customers to be more productive and effective without compromising safety. The Rockathon challenge is a good continuation for our research work. At the end of the Rockathon, we set out concrete next steps with the winner of this challenge to follow up the discussions, agreements and further development of the prototypes. Participants are given comprehensive feedback in the form of reports and recommendations.
The Rockathon concept succeeded to improve Sandvik’s innovation capacity. The idea was to invite research teams, startups, and industry partners to design solutions to a highly complex problem, which is common to all mining industries. The winning team, Spectral industries, presented a novel online analytics system for more efficient mining operations.