Driverless electric rubbish truck demonstrated
FUSO HAS SHOWCASED ITS LATEST AUTONOMOUS truck developments with a demonstration of a new self-driving eCanter waste collection truck.
The FUSO Future Innovation Lab event at FUSO’s Japan HQ unveiled the eCanter SensorCollect concept truck – intended to make waste collection safer, more efficient and environmentally friendly.
An operator walking alongside the truck can control it remotely, through a wireless HMI (human machine interface).
The eCanter, equipped with LiDAR, ultrasonic sensors and high-accuracy GPS, can autonomously and safely perform remotely transmitted commands.
As instructed, it can follow the operator, drive around obstacles and stop immediately if a person or object comes in close proximity.
The FUSO eCanter SensorCollect is the outcome of a new development approach, which has aimed “to encourage innovative product ideas that address social needs and challenges.”
To that end, FUSO organised workshops with Japanese and overseas universities and collaborated with technology startups – the approach generating 100 potential ideas.
FUSO senior VP and head of product engineering Avdogan Cakmaz says: “Creating innovation is one of the major pillars of research and development at FUSO, as it decides longterm market leadership.
“We will continue to develop innovative products to address customer and societal needs with our advanced technologies.”
The platform for the autonomous waste truck, the all-electric FUSO eCanter, is now in use in Japan, Europe and the United States – with 160 examples so far on the road.
T&D