In mechanical rock drilling, operators often monitor two or three rock drills. The rock drill is installed on the thruster or sliding arm. The equipment that carries a thruster or sliding arm for mechanized rock drilling is called a rock drilling rig. The main rock drilling rig manufacturers in the world are SANDVIK, SECOMA, ATLAS COPCO, FURUKAWA, GARDNER-DEVER, etc.

In the fields of mining, quarrying, and mining in China, hydraulic rock drilling rigs have been widely accepted and applied.