Scania: Remote-controlled transport systems put to the test
Scania's vision for future goods and passenger transportation is based on driverless vehicles that receive their orders remotely from a control center. Scania is currently testing such a system in the form of a simulated construction site. Scania is testing such an autonomous system at its test site in Södertälje, Sweden. In the command center, a computer is used to enter which load, [...]
Scania is testing such an autonomous system at its test site in Södertälje, Sweden. In the command center, the computer is given information about which load is to be transported, in what quantity, from where to where, and at what rhythm. The computer uses this information to create a transport task, which is transmitted to the truck by radio. The truck determines the necessary route itself without the intervention of a driver and completes the task independently. Thanks to camera and radar sensors, the test trucks recognize the surroundings and the defined route and independently avoid obstacles.
Used primarily in opencast mines or freight ports
According to Scania, this system should be commercially viable within five years. However, even then only self-contained systems will be possible, such as in an open-cast mine or in a freight port. This is because the vehicles and processes can be defined more precisely in closed systems and programming is easier.
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