Mining is an ideal application for fractal robots.
Mining by its very nature is a fractal operation whether its open cast or deep pit. An ore seam is three dimensional fractal structure which requires a fractal machine to follow it. Unfortunately a lot of mining takes place as in figure 1 where a large amount of material has to be moved using huge dumper trucks. Fractal robots can avoid unnecessary removal of material. Very often expensive ores are contained in narrow seams only inches thick.