London Gatwick Airport in the UK has declared that it is trialling autonomous cars for moving staff around the airfield.
The trial, which involves British autonomous vehicle software startup Oxbotica, “could lead to airfield transport needs being met from a much smaller pool of autonomous vehicles” rather than the traditional fleets of small vans.
“Airports offer an incredibly interesting domain for our autonomous driving software,” said Oxbotica chief exec Graeme Smith in a canned quote. “There is a huge diversity of vehicles, each with a very specific mission. The challenge of choreographing all of the activity around an individual plane, or in support of airport operations is immense and we look forward to working closely with Gatwick on this initial pilot that will demonstrate our self-driving technology carrying staff around the airfield.”
Read more: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/20/gatwick_airport_driverless_vehicle_trial/
