DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, has today published the new trend report ‘Self-Driving Vehicles in Logistics’, highlighting the key elements and significant potential of autonomous technologies in the logistic industry. As a first step in the self-driving journey, the trend report contains various best-practice applications from different industries and also examines concrete use cases of self-driving vehicles across the entire logistics value chain. Applications for self-driving vehicles that are discussed in the report include:
- Autonomous transport and assisted picking in warehouses
- Autonomous outdoor logistics like yard, harbour and airport operations
- Assisted highway trucking and convoying in line-haul transportation
- Last-mile delivery
"Some warehouse operations have been using self-driving vehicles to some extent for years, but making driving in logistics more and more autonomous will change the logistics sector dramatically", says Dr. Markus Kückelhaus, Director DHL Trend Research. "Moving onto public roads is the next evolutionary step. With its history in deploying self-driving solutions in controlled environments, the logistics industry is in a prime position to further shape the future of self-driving vehicles. Together with partners and customers, DHL can take a leading role on this path."
Source: Deutsche Post DHL
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