Optimized performance, reliability, availability and safety can be achieved with the automated operation. Digitalization in the mining industry is allowing mines to expand the utilization of technologies being used successfully both at the mine and plant levels, one of the most significant of which is mine equipment autonomy. While an exciting prospect, the mining industry is still having challenges as it works to integrate new technologies onto its mining equipment, such as shovels, drills, and trucks for capabilities like communications and positioning. Consider, too, that just because a mine has become automated does not mean that maintenance programs should be eliminated. On the contrary, they are perhaps more important than ever to support the optimized factors like availability and utilization of mine equipment now-automated workings as customers demand more than ever from their technology.