KamAZ has started the final stage of the project “Odyssey”, in which is developed a test route of an unmanned cargo vehicles for vnutripolostnyh traffic. A prototype of the unmanned truck is made on the basis of diesel truck KAMAZ-43083. This told the newspaper “Vesti KAMAZa”.
Drones the “Odyssey” will allow to carry without a person in the cab from the frame and stamping to the automotive plant. Unmanned trucks will travel along the existing internal roads.
For remote control and monitoring of movement created by the post dispatch. The route of the drone closed the truck always returns to the same point from which he started. Hence the name of the project – “Odissey”, say the developers.
The prototype was equipped with four types of sensors: cameras, radars, lidars (laser rangefinders) and sonar. This autorobot has a high precision navigation with accuracy up to 3-5 cm in addition, the truck has a modern communications system: industrial Wi-Fi, 4G and a special VHF-range the case, if muted, other channels of communication, that is the emergency channel.
At the moment autorobot is further development and calibration. Pilot races on KAMAZ will start this summer, and by the end of the year will be completed settings to the start of the new 2019 to start working races.
In the first stage to the shipping of booths of the press and stamping to the automotive plant will involve 1-2 unmanned vehicle, but if the trials are successful, their number may increase, noted in a press-service of the automaker.