Miner
The Persona AI Miner is an industrial humanoid robot variant by Persona AI (Houston, TX) designed to perform mining work in high-risk, life-threatening environments, replacing human workers in dangerous underground and extraction settings. Part of the Persona humanoid platform founded by ex-NASA Valkyrie lead Nic Radford and ex-Figure CTO Jerry Pratt. Pre-production units expected by end of 2026.
Primary use case: Mining operations in high-risk, life-threatening environments to replace human workers
Specifications
Physical
Locomotion
Bipedal
Manipulation
Hand Type
unknown
Power & Autonomy
Autonomy Level
unknown
Commercial
Availability
In Development
Primary Use Case
Mining operations in high-risk, life-threatening environments to replace human workers
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