In the Hub 2

The introduction of autonomous, driverless vehicles in industrial environments holds great potential for improving transportation efficiency, safety, and reducing the industry's climate impact. The purpose of the previous project, In the Hub, was to explore and demonstrate how human operators can interact with these vehicles. However, for these solutions to be implemented in reality, a better understanding of the obstacles and challenges that must be overcome is required. In this extension of the project, several key perspectives related to "Technology, Products, and Processes", "Business Models", "Infrastructure", and "Policy and Regulation" were studied.

The goal was to develop a deeper understanding of the obstacles that need to be addressed, which creates better conditions for large-scale implementation projects and promotes faster deployment of autonomous vehicles in the industry. The project built upon a design concept from the In the Hub project. This concept is intended to support interactions with driverless trucks in mining environments. The results from the project was presented in an open report.

The project was funded by Vinnova. RISE served as the project leader and coordinator, Scania was the primary stakeholder in terms of requirements, and Boliden was a stakeholder.