학술논문

Last Mile Delivery with Autonomous Shuttles: ROS-based Integration of Smart Cargo Cages
Document Type
Conference
Source
2024 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV) Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2024 IEEE. :2923-2929 Jun, 2024
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transportation
Software
User experience
Hardware
Software reliability
Autonomous vehicles
Language
ISSN
2642-7214
Abstract
With consistently increasing amounts of transported goods, autonomous cargo transport has gained increasing interest as a potential solution. In addition to reliable autonomous driving functions, Autonomous cargo transport requires a wide range of additional software and hardware components to ensure a safe and efficient transport of cargo as well as a pleasant user experience for the customers. This work presents a general concept for an autonomous and flexible cargo transport system, targeting point-to-point transports in the range of the typical last mile. The proposed concept provides flexibility for demand-responsive passenger transport as a mixed cargo-passenger transport solution. Furthermore, the proposed concept is realized through designing a removable cargo hold with electronic locks, and software modules such as a Booking App, a Scanner App, and a central backend. The implementation was developed, deployed in an autonomous shuttle, and extensively tested in a peri-urban quarter of the Test Area Autonomous Driving Baden-Württemberg.