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Scania will test in Singapore convoy of unmanned trucks
Toyota and Scania will hold the first full-scale testing of an Autonomous convoy of trucks on the roads of Singapore. For three years the convoy of three trucks in automatic mode will deliver the goods between warehouses.
Singapore is one of the most technologically advanced places on earth. Experts believe that the city-state has already overtaken Silicon valley in the number of innovations. Singapore on the path of becoming a true smart city with thousands of sensors and access points to the Internet.
In parallel with the growth of technology in the city the population is growing, and with it the number of vehicles on the roads. Test trucks is likely to be a forced government initiative to optimize road traffic and unloading roads.
Test Scania and Toyota will consist of two phases. For a start, companies have to Refine and improve the technology in their labs in Sweden and Japan. Scania has joined forces with Ericsson to improve connectivity between the trucks in the convoy. The second phase will be the testing and refining of technologies are already on the roads of Singapore. Your vision these tests for the company presented in the video.
Singapore firmly on the path of automation. The country began to launch a standalone cab. This year the route needs to stand up a standalone bus. Even wheelchairs in the country want to do unmanned. published
Source: hightech.fm/2017/01/26/scania_toyota_trucks
Singapore is one of the most technologically advanced places on earth. Experts believe that the city-state has already overtaken Silicon valley in the number of innovations. Singapore on the path of becoming a true smart city with thousands of sensors and access points to the Internet.
In parallel with the growth of technology in the city the population is growing, and with it the number of vehicles on the roads. Test trucks is likely to be a forced government initiative to optimize road traffic and unloading roads.
Test Scania and Toyota will consist of two phases. For a start, companies have to Refine and improve the technology in their labs in Sweden and Japan. Scania has joined forces with Ericsson to improve connectivity between the trucks in the convoy. The second phase will be the testing and refining of technologies are already on the roads of Singapore. Your vision these tests for the company presented in the video.
Singapore firmly on the path of automation. The country began to launch a standalone cab. This year the route needs to stand up a standalone bus. Even wheelchairs in the country want to do unmanned. published
Source: hightech.fm/2017/01/26/scania_toyota_trucks
