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Feb 29, 2016

* SCANIA's SELF-DRIVING TRUCKS * Sweden

* Stockholm - Scania begins testing remote-controlled mining trucks with broader transport goals


-- Swedish truck maker Scania has begun testing specialised mining trucks for autonomous roles with an eye towards container and freight trucking in ‘tomorrow’s transport system’... Developed in conjunction with Swedish researchers, the project focuses on how remote-controlled European prototype vehicles withstand mining conditions at a company test facility and assesses how the vehicles respond without hands on the steering wheel... The self-driving ‘Astator’ vehicles operate with an empty driver’s seat, Scania says, and are carrying out mining simulations of loading and unloading... 
(Photo: A Scania truck being remotely controlled on the test track) -- Södertälje, Sweden - Trade Trucks (Australia) - 29 Feb 2016

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