(Original title: Volvo has launched a self-driving garbage truck that will take the initiative in this market segment)
As early as September 2015, the Swedish automotive giant Volvo announced that it is developing mobile garbage collection robots that will pick up bins and move them to garbage trucks and then dump the garbage into garbage trucks. Volvo, which has "obsession" for garbage collection, is now pursuing self-driving trucks for transporting garbage.
As far as we know, Volvo's self-driving garbage truck has been on the road in Sweden. It can help the sanitation workers complete the garbage collection safely and efficiently. This attempt was different from two years ago. Volvo no longer allowed robots to run around the street with rubbish bins, but focused on bigger problems and solutions were more practical.
With the advancement of autopilot technology, there is no insurmountable technical barrier for autopilot garbage trucks. The operator will set the driving path of the vehicle in advance, so the truck knows its position at any time. In addition, the location of the bins is also clearly marked on the map.
The four corners of Volvo's self-propelled garbage truck are equipped with laser radar and have good environmental awareness. However, during the entire garbage collection process, the truck moves slowly and does not need to be whistled to remind pedestrians. There are escort workers who perform “supervisory tasksâ€. Once a problem occurs in the truck, the staff will brake it for the first time.
There are many benefits from the arrival of self-driving garbage trucks.
In the past, driving a huge garbage truck through crowded city streets was not an easy task. Even with the reversing video system installed, truck drivers could easily have accidents due to visual dead ends while reversing their vehicles. Volvo’s autopilot system has advantages in this respect, which can reduce the probability of accidents compared with driving by human drivers.
On the other hand, at the same time, due to the slow running of the garbage collection vehicle and the characteristics of the fixed route, it is also allowed to have a certain error rate. After all, garbage collection does not seem to be running at a high speed.
So where will the garbage truck driver go?
At present, it seems that after the arrival of self-driving garbage trucks, they are afraid to watch their work be taken away. Lei Feng Network learned that Volvo's truck performs well in the actual measurement. Only one occupant can efficiently complete all garbage collection. Therefore, if the driver does not want to be unemployed, he may have to get off the road and collect it. Garbage bins to speed up garbage collection.
However, applying autopilot technology to the recycling industry is not a bad thing.
First of all, we must know that most people cannot tolerate this stinking work; in addition, garbage recycling workers are also a hard job, they must climb up and down each time they park, it is easy to cause joint damage and other diseases. With the automated drive garbage truck, they only need to stand by the "supervisor".
Volvo is ready to continue this project, and Swedish waste management company Renova will also provide assistance. At the end of this year, the two companies will jointly conduct a very comprehensive assessment of the project's functionality, safety, drivers, pedestrians and residents acceptance.
Of course, because mobile garbage collection robots are still a long-term goal of Volvo, it is very likely that these two projects will intersect in the future. As a partner in the robotics project, Sean Brennan of the University of Pennsylvania believes that promoting mobile garbage collection robots is not an unrealistic idea.
Brennan said: “In most parts of Europe, roadsides do not have bins specifically designed to facilitate the recycling of garbage trucks. To remove the garbage from residents’ homes, recyclers have to cross the trails at the front of the house, so mobile garbage collection robots are here. There is huge market potential. At the same time, in big cities where there is a lot of land and money, with robots, bins can also be set up far from the main road to save space.â€
"We had contacted the Swedish Garbage Conveyors Union and they said they never saw the line go to retirement because the heavy work would damage the worker's arm, knees, and back. There was a self-driving garbage truck and a robot. With help, the chance of worker injury will be greatly reduced,†Brennan added.
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