MAN's Autonomous driving projects ATLAS-L4 and ANITA won the 2024 Truck Innovation Award.
The IToY journalists presented the trophy to Frederik Zohm, executive board member for R&D at MAN Truck & Bus, at Solutrans.
With a winning score of 97 votes, MAN's advanced projects fought off competition from ZF electrified eAxle, Quantron-as-a-service, a zero-emission platform provider for fuel cell and battery electric commercial vehicles, and Westwell Q-Truck, an autonomous electric heavy-duty truck for container logistics.
The ANITA project - Autonomous Innovation in Terminal Operations - started in 2020 to automate handling between different modes of transport. ANITA aims to use autonomous trucks to stabilise the processes involved in transferring containers from road to rail, making them more efficient, easier to plan, and, at the same time, more flexible.
The ATLAS-L4 research and development project (Automated Transport between Logistics Centers on Level 4 Expressways) aims to put Level 4 autonomous trucks on the road in real-world operations. The project stems from the German law on autonomous driving approved in 2021, which, in principle, allows automated driving on defined routes under technical supervision.
The IToY journalists praised the advanced characteristics of both projects, the contribution to hub-to-hub and intermodal transport automation, and the fruitful cooperation between MAN Truck & Bus, component suppliers, research institutions, and public authorities.
Year: 2019 | Body Type: Road sweeper | Cab Type: Day | Registration: GL69DZW | Mileage: 60,371 km | Power: 2,925 bhp
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