Honda to test its Autonomous Work Vehicle at Toronto's Pearson Airport

While many of the flashy, marquee mobility and transportation demos that go on at CES tend to be of the more... aspirational variety, Honda's electric cargo hauler, the Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV), could soon find use on airport grounds as the robotic EV trundles towards commercial operations. Honda first debuted the AWV as part of its CES 2018 companion mobility demonstration, then partnered with engineering firm Black & Veatch to further develop the platform. The second-generation AWV was capable of being remotely piloted or following a preset path while autonomously avoiding obstacles. It could carry nearly 900 pounds of sutff onboard and atow another 1,600 pounds behind it, both on-road and off-road. Those second-gen prototypes spent countless hours ferrying building materials back and forth across a 1,000-acre solar panel construction worksite, both individually and in teams, as part of the development process. This past March, Honda unveiled the third-generation AWV with a higher carrying capacity, higher top speed, bigger battery and better obstacle avoidance. On Tuesday, Honda revealed that it is partnering with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to test its latest AWV at the city's Pearson Airport. The robotic vehicles will begin their residencies by driving the perimeters of airfields, using mounted cameras and an onboard AI, checking fences and reporting any holes or intrusions. The company is also considering testing the... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2023-10-17 15:00:25 UTC ]
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Literary giants have thoughts on the new edits to Roald Dahl’s works.

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What did Monet, Goya and Matisse have in common? Their late work was among their best

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“Just Go Back to the Work.” Filmmaker Lizzie Gottlieb on Documenting the Remarkable Partnership Between Her Father and Robert Caro

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Hitting the Books: AI is already reshaping air travel, will airports themselves be next?

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