SANY · autonomous mining truck
SANY SKT90E unmanned electric wide-body mining truck
A 60-tonne battery-electric wide-body mine truck with autonomous route following, obstacle avoidance, loading, dumping and parking. Two units were tested with a 5G-controlled excavator in 2020.
- Price
- —Not published
- Autonomy
- DriverlessHow it runs
- Driverless
- TestingDriverless tests only
- Fleet
- 6Reported; details below
- Speed
- 44.0 km/hToo few to rank
- Payload
- 60000 kgCarries more than 0%
Why it matters
A pilot use vehicle from SANY.
Real-world use
Six SKT90E units shipped to a Thai mining contractor in November 2021, which International Mining describes as autonomous-ready rather than running driverless.
Maker
SANYCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless tests only
- Where it runs
- Test sites in China; six units delivered to a contractor in Thailand (2021)
- Fleet
- 6 SKT90E delivered to Thailand (SANY, Dec 2021)
How it stacks up
Against other mining that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Too few mining publish a speed to rank it. Bars show the 0 closest in date.
SANY SKT90E unmanned electric wide-body mining truck carries more than 0% of the 4 other mining that publish a payload. Bars show the 4 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
From the maker
SANY SKT90E unmanned electric wide-body mining truck is the only vehicle from SANY in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedNot published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | SANY SKT90E unmanned electric wide-body mining truckSANY |  EACON L4 autonomous mining trucks (ORCASTRA)EACON Mining TechnologySame jobs: ore haulage, overburden haulage · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useHitachi AHS on EH5000AC-3Hitachi Construction MachinerySame job: overburden haulage · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Boonray autonomous electric mining trucks (BLEB145A1)Boonray TechnologySame job: ore haulage · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2020 | 2018 | 2018-07 | 2018 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | 44 km/h | — | — | — |
| Payload | 60000 kg | — | 300000 kg | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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