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The Boring Company Achieves "Holy Grail" Zero-People-in-Tunnel Continuous Mining
The Boring Company "Zero-People-in-Tunnel" tunneling company demonstrates fully automated tunnel construction with no human operators inside.
This development represents what the company calls “the holy grail for Boring Machines” and parallels SpaceX’s pursuit of rapid rocket reusability in terms of transformative potential. The Prufrock machines can now begin excavation directly from the surface and tunnel autonomously—a process the company compares to “an earthworm moving through soil”—eventually emerging near the target location with minimal human intervention. This positions The Boring Company’s Zero-People-in-Tunnel technology within Elon Musk’s broader ecosystem of transportation innovations—from Tesla’s electric vehicles to autonomous driving systems, and potentially Hyperloop concepts.
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