UD Trucks demonstrated of level 4 automation for Fujin powered heavy-duty trucks at its headquarters in Ageo, Saitama, Japan.
Heavy duty truck automation could lead to fuel saving by driving in caravans and concistent and smoother vehicle operations
The UD Experience Center course setup for this demonstration and tests, emulates the real world scenarios of heavy-duty trucks in confined areas such as ports, factories, warehouses and construction sites.
The demonstration focused on vehicle automation technologies including GPS, radar, Lidar, on-board camera and most importantly the software which brings together data from all the sensors and enable such high-precision automation for starting, stopping, slaloming, U-turns and reverse driving.
Level 4 automation is the last step in a series of development steps towards a fully automated transportation product. At this stage the vehicle can take over from driver in every aspect of driving.
The heavy-duty Quon will help stabilise automated driving with the automatic manual transmission "Escot VI" and its proven steering system.
The automation technology ‘Fujin’—named for the Japanese god of wind—is one of the two pillars of the UD Trucks’ Innovation Roadmap Fujin & Raijin Vision 2030, announced in April 2018.
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