Hambourg harbor has a fully automated area where autonomous trucks/ platforms carry ship containers. Huge vessels and full electric.
Is there an implemented system of automated trucks anywhere that is fully operational?
Submitted 10 months ago by HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club to [deleted]
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DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 10 months ago
litchralee@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Can you be more precise about what level of automation these trucks should have? Other forms of transport like trains and aircraft have automation, but it’s not full automation and they accept that limitation as the technology develops.
SAE has a classification system for automation of the driving task, but this wouldn’t necessarily include the task of loading and unloading cargo, nor the paperwork management for consignments, all of which are part of the commercial truck driving job.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 10 months ago
Get from point A to point B without a human.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
There are fully automated cargo drones on private property.
I’m not aware of any operating full size trucks on public roads.
bob_omb_battlefield@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Haul trucks in mines.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Only in extremely controlled areas like ports or mines are there no humans. Farm tractors are close when in the field.
Mobilityfuture@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Texas has a pilot going through some major interstate hubs
slazer2au@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes. Several mines in Australia have them.
Fun fact. When they were trialing the systems the tires on the automated trucks were wearing down faster and deeper ruts were appearing on the roads.
Turns out they didn’t have any deviation logic so the trucks were following the same path as the GPS track instead of offsetting the driving like a human would do.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is interesting, can you expand on that?
0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
I think they’re saying the trucks drove the same path over and over again perfectly, fucking with the road and tires.