In the Netherlands, we tested unmanned vans

In the Dutch town of Wageningen passed tests unmanned electric vans on route for a university campus . It is expected that public transport without drivers can run into commercial operation in the summer of 2016. It will be the world's first unmanned buses on regular routes.

Shuttles WEpods are a modernized version of the shuttle production of Swiss company EasyMile . The manufacturer is marked van EZ10.

After successful testing on campus vans with a capacity of 6 people plan to run on a route between the cities of Ede and Wageningen (about 17 minutes away), as well as around the university, if they decide all the problems with the law, insurance, etc.

Buses landmark by GPS, with the help of cameras, radar and laser sensors. After the first test in September last year, one of the developers of Joris Iysselmuyden, объяснял: "If the accuracy of the GPS system is reduced, for example, from the trees along the road, the bus begins to focus on the recognition of objects on the ground. Cameras intersect objects and compare them with known objects from the early entries. Because their position is already known, the machine can compute where it is currently located. " Information from the sensors is transmitted to the computer system that controls the steering wheel and brakes.



It is reported that in the future unmanned mini bus will run at speeds up to 25 km / h, although now they were tested at speeds of 8 km / h. Theoretically trucks capable of speeds up to 40 km / h. Cruising range on a single charge - 100 km.

The video shows the original test shuttle EZ10 in Switzerland last autumn ...

https://player.vimeo.com/video/137217228 video>

... And recent tests in the Netherlands.



"This pilot project will help determine our future - said Connie Bis (Conny Bieze), head of the infrastructure of Wageningen. - Initiative promotes the development of new forms of public transport. People in the future will continue to travel, but change the way in which they do it. "

Source: geektimes.ru/post/270106/