Daimler reported this week that the automatic control system equipped with serial truck Mercedes-Benz Actros has made a trial trip between Denkendorf and Stuttgart - length of the route does not exceed 24 km, but ran it on public roads. It is noteworthy that the company placed behind the wheel a member of Daimler Management Board Wolfgang Bernhard : the head of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretshmann , who was sitting in the passenger seat.
The local authorities allowed Daimler to make such a trip on the robotic truck at speeds up to 80 km / h on public roads.
Daimler friendship with the authorities of Baden-Württemberg can be easily explained, because the corporate headquarters is located in the local administrative center - Stuttgart. All coordination took five months, and now the road in the region of Germany are open to testing robotic truck. The automatic control system Highway Pilot has passed extensive testing, "dashed off" on the roads of Germany and the United States more than 20 thousand kilometers. It uses data
from the stereoscopic camera and radar. If weather conditions do not allow confidence to read road markings and detect other vehicles, truck submits warning signals to the driver, urging him to go to manual mode.
Daimler claims that the automatic control system not only allow trucks to travel non-stop, but also due to a predicted shift and control the accelerator pedal can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 5-7%. Of course, the fuel consumption is also reduced. Related Products :
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