The Role of the Hercules Autonomous Vehicle During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Autonomous Logistic Vehicle for Contactless Goods Transportation

Li, Tianyu; Liao, Qinghai; Gan, Lu; Ma, Fulong; Cheng, Jie; Xie, Xupeng; Wang, Zhe; Chen, Yingbing; Zhu, Yilong; Zhang, Shuyang; Chen, Zhengyong; Liu, Yang; Xie, Meng; Yu, Yang; Guo, Zitong; Li, Guang; Yuan, Peidong; Han, Dong; Chen, Yuying; Ye, Haoyang; Jiao, Jianhao; Peng, Yun; Xu, Zhenhua; Wang, Hengli; Huang, Huaiyang; Wang, Sukai; Cai, Peide; Sun, Yuxiang; Liu, Yandong; Wang, Lujia; Liu, Ming

doi:10.1109/mra.2020.3045040

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“…As working methods continue to evolve post-COVID and integrate hybrid and home-based working, such mobility methods as those above may require further revisions to support CAEV implementation, particularly in the rural context with sparse and small population centres. In addition, changing mobility habits due to the pandemic offer opportunities for CAEVs to deliver contactless services [46,47] with the additional rural-specific advantage of potentially protecting isolated communities from transmission. Such investigations, however, are beyond the scope of this paper.…”

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Planning Perspectives on Rural Connected, Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Implementation

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Connected, autonomous and electric vehicles (CAEV) are a powerful combined transport technology looking to disrupt the automotive sector and drive the transition to safe, accessible, clean and sustainable transport systems. The trialling of private, public and shared CAEV technologies is occurring in cities around the world; however, historically isolated and transport-poor rural communities may have the most to gain from CAEV implementation. Despite the accessibility and transport safety needs of rural communities, rural CAEV trials are few in the UK. Therefore, this paper investigates the hypothesis that the lack of rural implementation research and trials means that rural transport planners are ill-informed and uncertain of both the potential of CAEVs and their implementation requirements to meet rural community transport needs. This investigation consists of consultations with UK-based transport planning professionals to establish their perspectives on CAEV technologies and their rural implementation potential. The findings show that 96% of transport planners lack sufficient understanding of CAEV technology and its implementation challenges. However, the findings also highlight a willingness, given the opportunity, for transport planners to engage with CAEV technologies and apply them to specifically rural scenarios.

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Planning Perspectives on Rural Connected, Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Implementation

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“…Hence, adequate sanitation systems should be developed and implemented to allow safe sharing conditions, and to increase the sense of trust and safety perception towards shared vehicles; in fact, users might be less enticed to use shared vehicles for fear of diseases. On the other side, it is interesting to note that since AVs can be operated automatically to transport goods and carry out deliveries without the need to employ human drivers (i.e., drones) [11], the risk of transmitting diseases gets potentially reduced, as the interaction between consignees and the driver is basically absent (should they be appropriately designed to minimize contact between the various consignees); AVs are therefore useful also for delivering sanitary goods such as vaccines or bio-hazard materials during pandemics [12]. Moreover, implementing strategies and devices to monitor passengers' health status on shared AVs can help with controlling and monitoring the spread of diseases over a specific area.…”

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Autonomous Vehicles: An Analysis Both on Their Distinctiveness and the Potential Impact on Urban Transport Systems

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Autonomous driving is a technological innovation that involves the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the automotive area, representing the future of transport and whose applications will influence the concept of driving and many other features of modern society. Indeed, the introduction of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) on the market, along with the development of related technologies, will have a potential impact not only on the automotive industry but also on urban transport systems. New mobility-related businesses will emerge, whereas existing ones will have to adapt to changes. There are various aspects that affect urban transport systems: in this work, we highlight how road markings, intersections, and pavement design upgradings have a key role for AVs operation. This work aims to describe how contemporary society will be influenced by Autonomous Vehicles’ spread in regard to urban transport systems. A comprehensive analysis of the expected developments within urban transport systems is hereby presented, and some crucial issues concerning benefits and drawbacks are also discussed. From our studies, it emerges that the detection performed by vehicles is mainly affected by road markings characteristics, especially at intersections. Indeed, the need for a new cross-sections type arise, since vehicles wandering phenomena will be reduced due to AVs position-keeping systems.

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“…The project was designed at Politecnico di A specific solution for delivery is Yape (e-Novia), even if it was not specifically developed in response to the pandemic. An autonomous logistic vehicle for contactless goods transportation adapted to the COVID-19 emergency is presented in [2]. In Table 1, we list a few robotic solutions, among those mentioned in this section or reported in pilot projects on the I-RIM website, to address the main collected needs.…”

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Making an Opportunity Out of a Crisis: The Inclusive Approach of the Italian Robotics Community

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The Role of the Hercules Autonomous Vehicle During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Autonomous Logistic Vehicle for Contactless Goods Transportation

Cited by 48 publications

References 10 publications

Planning Perspectives on Rural Connected, Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Implementation

Planning Perspectives on Rural Connected, Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Implementation

Autonomous Vehicles: An Analysis Both on Their Distinctiveness and the Potential Impact on Urban Transport Systems

Making an Opportunity Out of a Crisis: The Inclusive Approach of the Italian Robotics Community

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