Project description
Autonomous transportation system for logistics improvement
Connected and automated vehicles have a significant impact on the logistics industry. However, autonomous heavy-duty vehicles still face challenges when it comes to operating safely and functionally around the clock. These challenges hinder their development. The EU-funded AWARD project will develop and deploy a safe autonomous transportation system applicable to a wide range of real-life occurrences and scenarios. Specifically, the project will provide an autonomous driving system capable of confronting adverse environmental conditions such as fog, heavy snow and rain. The solution will rely on multiple sensor modalities offering 24/7 availability and a new fleet management system for optimised logistics.
Objective
Connected and automated vehicles can be seen as a revolution in the global automotive industry, bringing a new mobility paradigm and having a huge impact on several economic sectors such as logistics industry.
Significant progress has been made in the field of autonomous truck driving with numerous prototypes. However, challenges need to be addressed in order to ensure the uptake of this breakthrough technology and the future advent of an overall autonomous logistic chain. The deployment of autonomous heavy-duty vehicles is hindered by the current inabilities of these vehicles to work with the right safety and functional level for 24/7 availability (e.g. harsh weather conditions) and by the lack of harmonized regulatory framework.
This project aims at developing and enabling to deploy a safe autonomous transportation systems in a wide range of real-life use cases in a variety of different scenarios. This encompasses the development of autonomous driving system (ADS) capable of handling adverse environmental conditions such as heavy rain, snowfall, fog. The ADS solution will be based on multiple sensor modalities to address 24/7 availability. The ADS will then be integrated into multiple vehicle types used in low-speed areas.
Finally, these vehicles will be deployed, integrated and operated in a variety of real-life use cases to validate their value in the application and identify any limitations: forklift (un)loading in warehouses and industrial plants, hub-to-hub shuttle service on open road, automated baggage dispatching in airports, container transfer operations and vessel loading in ports.
Logistics operations will be optimized thanks to a new fleet management system that will act as a control tower, gathering all information from subsystems (vehicles, road sensors, etc.) to coordinate the operations and protect vulnerable road users. This work should then enable commercial exploitation of the technology and policy recommendations for certifications processes.
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31000 Toulouse
France
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Participants (38)
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60488 Frankfurt Am Main
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88131 Lindau
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30165 Hannover
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89079 Ulm
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3405 XK Benschop
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75014 Paris
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79420 Reffannes
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2070 Zwijndrecht
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22113 Hamburg
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64743 Aschaffenburg
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2100 Kobenhavn
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69500 Bron
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02150 Espoo
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1210 Wien
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3601 Kongsberg
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4020 Linz
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08740 Sant Andreu De La Barca
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1202 GENEVE
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69008 Lyon
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OX12 8PD Ardington
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4020 Linz
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0250 Oslo
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4040 Linz
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4600 Wels
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0191 Oslo
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2069206 YOKNEAM ILLIT
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7403650 Ness Ziona
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4623 Gunskirchen
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1723 Marly
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6777861 Tel Aviv
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1020 Wien
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1020 Wien
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31055 Toulouse
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94385 Bonneuil Sur Marne
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1202 GENEVE
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85057 Ingolstadt
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88131 Lindau
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