SELF-DRIVING PLOWS TO CLEAR NORWEGIAN AIRPORT THIS WINTER

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 an airport near Leira, Norway, 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, retrofitted with the Semcon software and hardware, will undergo several tests during live airport operations, beginning in January, with the ultimate goal being a fleet of 10 clearing Oslo’s tarmac. The experiment demonstrates that arduous conditions such as snow, ice and winter weather may pose difficulties for autonomous vehicle systems, but they can be made to work.