本実験では、大型トラック「クオン」をベースに開発された車両を使い、高い精度での車両位置測定を可能にするRTK-GPSなどの自動運転技術を駆使して、およそ1.3 kmの運搬ルートを時速20 kmで計200回自動走行。実験期間は3週間、総走行距離はおよそ250 kmに及びました。
On August 29, 2019, UD Trucks, Nippon Express and Hokkaido agriculture cooperative Hokuren, conducted Japan’s first autonomous driving trial by a heavy-duty truck, including partial use of a public road, at Hokuren Sugar Refining Mill in Nakashari, Hokkaido.
This trial was conducted with a specially adapted Quon truck and employed autonomous driving technologies such as the Network-based RTK-GPS that allows for a high location accuracy. The truck traveled a 1.3 km delivery route at an average speed of 20 km/h, a total of 200 times. The trial lasted 3 weeks, tallying up around 250 km traveled.
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