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Expanding on existing activities, Volvo commits to autonomous solutions for freight transport<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Swedish automotive major says that it sees opportunities for autonomy in vehicles for transporting materials and goods in the mining, ports and logistics sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have experienced a significant increase in inquiries from customers,\u201d said president and chief executive Martin Lundstedt. \u201cIt is a logical next step for us to gather expertise and resources in a new business area with profit and loss responsibility to take autonomous transport solutions to the next level.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The company notes that transport in these sectors tends to move large volumes of material along pre-defined and repetitive routes, and that is therefore well suited to autonomous solutions which can improve flexibility, delivery precision and productivity. The new business area will therefore be part of Volvo\u2019s trucks segment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Volvo already has three ongoing projects investigating autonomy in large commercial vehicles. The Electric Site project, a collaboration between Volvo Construction Equipment and its client Skanska, aims to electrify each transport stage in a quarry, from excavation to primary crushing, and transports to secondary crushing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Based at the Vikan Kross quarry near Gothenburg, the project is using eight autonomous battery-electric load carriers to transport material from the primary mobile crusher to the secondary static crusher. Fitted with a machine vision system, these \u201cHX2 prototypes\u201d follow an adjustable, programmed GPS path and can detect humans and obstacles in its path. These have demonstrated an improvement in energy use per ton of material handled, suggesting that autonomy can deliver efficiency improvements in this application.<\/span><\/p>\n

Volvo Trucks \u2019 first autonomous solution in real operation has been a project at the Br\u00f8nn\u00f8y Kalk mine in a remote coastal region of western Norway, where autonomous trucks are transporting limestone along a five-kilometre stretch of road through tunnels between the mine itself and the crusher, located at a nearby port where the stone is loaded onto large ships.<\/span><\/p>\n

The mine has purchased the transport between these two points as a service from Volvo, rather than buying the trucks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a hundred-year perspective in focus here. Today, we are running a two-shift manual operation in production and maintenance, whereas the ships exporting the limestone are being loaded twenty-four seven,\u201d said Br\u00f8nn\u00f8y Kalk managing director Raymond Langfjord. \u201cHaving the opportunity autonomously to transport the limestone round the clock could greatly improve our operations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ferry and logistics company DFDS plans to use autonomous Vera vehicles to transport containers between facilities in Gothenburg. Image: Volvo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A third project sees an electric, connected and autonomous vehicle known as Vera forming part of an integrated solution to transport goods from a logistics centre to a port terminal in Gothenburg.<\/span><\/p>\n

A collaboration between Volvo trucks and ferry and logistics company DFDS, the project uses the flat container-carrying Vera vehicles for a short route, with several vehicles coordinated and monitored by a control tower.<\/span><\/p>\n

The project began in June, and developments are underway in terms of technology, operations management and infrastructure adaptations to ensure that all safety precautions are in place before active operations begin.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis collaboration will help us develop an efficient, flexible and sustainable long-term solution for receiving autonomous vehicles arriving at our gates, benefitting our customers, the environment and our business\u201d says Torben Carlsen, CEO of DFDS.<\/span><\/p>\n

Volvo is currently seeking a head of autonomous solutions, ahead of the formal launch of the new business area in January 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: https:\/\/www.theengineer.co.uk<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

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