ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
Proactive Slope Stability in Mining: Integrating GroundProbe Radar and Trimble Robotic Total Stations for Geotechnical Analysis
This webinar took place on:
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 @ 3 PM MDT / 5 PM EDT
For today’s mine site operators, geotechnical engineers, and mine planning engineers, balancing workplace and environmental safety with operational uptime is the top priority. Incorporating different geotechnical sensor technologies from different vendors to create an efficient monitoring program at scale can pose a challenge. But it doesn’t have to be difficult.
Join Leo Probst from GroundProbe and Riley Smith from Trimble for an on-demand webinar that breaks down how to incorporate geodetic sensors with ground-based radar, for complimentary mine surveying and slope stability monitoring. They will show how these data sources work together to give a clear picture of their site’s geotechnical behaviors and characteristics. In this webinar, you will learn how combining different sources of geodetic sensor data, including robotic total stations, and radar can provide flexibility in monitoring intensity and help manage geotechnical risk in the mining industry.
Key takeaways from this webinar:
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An overview of total station and radar monitoring technologies
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An understanding of how total station data can be used with ground-based radar, best practices in a mining environment, and how the combination of the two can best serve the mine site’s monitoring geotechnical strategy
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Opportunity to ask questions to geotechnical experts
Our Speakers:
Leo Probst
Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Research and Development
GroundProbe
Leo Probst is a geologist who graduated from the Federal University of Ouro Preto. He has over 20 years of experience working as a geotechnical engineer in the mining and hydropower sectors. He has worked with consulting companies on various projects, including tailings dams and waste piles, across different stages of development. Leo also brings extensive experience from large mining companies, in both open-pit and underground operations, focusing on the design of new projects, geotechnical monitoring, and the design and quality control of support systems.
In 2019, he joined GroundProbe Brazil as a Senior Geotechnical Engineer, specializing in the tailings dam market. In this role, he provided technical support, consulting services, applicability studies, and training for clients. In 2023, he relocated to GroundProbe’s headquarters in Australia to work closely with the R&D team on the development of new monitoring technologies.
Riley Smith
Director
Trimble
Riley Smith is a Director at Trimble, managing product and business development for the Monitoring, Mining, and Tunneling groups. He started his 15-year career in the geospatial industry by building practical experience as a field surveyor and supervisor working on projects across Canada. Now at Trimble, Riley leverages this domain knowledge to develop technologies that are transforming how professionals in construction, mining, and surveying work. A graduate of the University of New Brunswick with a BSc. in Geomatics Engineering, he is currently pursuing an MSt. in Construction Engineering Management at the University of Cambridge. When he's not advocating for technology innovation, Riley pushes his own limits through hiking, biking, snowboarding, and endurance challenges like triathlons and Spartan races.