ODD Freight Transportation

Springer eBooks, pp. 941–959

Abstract

Words like robotaxis and shuttles are likely to come up when talking about autonomous vehicles. If you look at the subject in more detail, it becomes clear that freightFreight transportation transportation, the engine and driver of the economy, also has enormous potential. This section describes how freight transportation works, where the potential lies and it explains how this can be exploited using the two very popular use cases ‘middle mile’ and ‘last mile delivery’.

Authors 5

1. Axel Gern corresponding

   Torc Robotics (United States)

   Affiliation as printed

   Torc Robotics, Blacksburg, USA

2. Michael Haag

   Daimler (Germany)

   Affiliation as printed

   Daimler Truck AG, Stuttgart, Germany

3. Jens Kotte Aachen fka GmbH

   Forschungsgesellschaft Kraftfahrwesen Aachen (Germany)

   Affiliation as printed

   Fka GmbH, Aachen, Germany

4. Kai Furmans

   Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

   Affiliation as printed

   Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Institute for Material Handling and Supply Chain Management, Karlsruhe, Germany

5. Peter Vaughan Schmidt

   Daimler (Germany)

   Affiliation as printed

   Daimler Truck AG, Stuttgart, Germany