NORWAY TRIES SELF-DRIVING PLOWS

Norway is ready to put autonomous driving to the test by using it to steer two snowplows around Oslo airport this winter, according to the manufacturer of the technology.

Project Yeti has already pushed powder around the runway at Fagernes airport earlier this year with marked success, and is set to make its debut at one of the busiest airports in Scandinavia, tech company Semcon said.

The two Mercedes-Benz plows, fitted with the Semcon software and hardware, will undergo tests during live airport operations with the goal being a fleet of 10 clearing Oslo’s tarmac. After that, Semcon hopes other airports around the world will tap them for the tech, too. The experiment shows winter conditions may pose difficulties for autonomous vehicle systems, but they can be made to work.