Automated Driving of Actros Trucks / UZIN Ulm
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The video shows the piece "LKW ohne Fahrer" (truck without driver) from the broadcast Schwer in Fahrt on VOX wich has been seen by about 1 Million people. The video has a length of about 5:30 minutes.
In the first project of this kind FOX has automated two Mercedes-Benz Actros for UZIN, Ulm, Germany. The trucks are guided by transponders within the ground. This method allows accuracies for 1 cm to be achieved at a speed of 5 km/h. The vehicles are driving forward and backward in both directions alternately.
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