SS03 - Technologies for Autonomous Outdoor Logistic Functions

Special Session Organized by

Eike Lyczkowski, SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH &Co KG, Germany, and Wolfgang Kiess, Universit of Applied Sciences Koblenz, Germany, and Frank Schönung, SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH &Co KG, Germany, and Johannes Bleier, SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH &Co KG, Germany, and Sebastian Brack, SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH &Co KG, Germany, and Julia Gärtner, SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH &Co KG, Germany, and Yannick Herrling, SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH &Co KG, Germany, and Lars Münster, SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH &Co KG, Germany, and Daniel Rittershofer, SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH &Co KG, Germany, and Christoph Schlindwein, SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH &Co KG, Germany, and Frank von Schoettler, SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH &Co KG, Germany, and Maximilian Winter, SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH &Co KG, Germany, and Yannick Wunderle, SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH &Co KG, Germany,

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Focus

The ever-growing demand for urban parcel delivery has led to many new solutions for autonomous outdoor logistic functions in unstructured environments and also fosters new use cases like autonomous waste collection. On the factory floor, related transportation tasks are already highly automated, e.g., by autonomous guided vehicles. This session focuses on the challenges when transferring such in-factory technologies to urban settings. This involves new ideas on the processes involved, coping with the related regulatory regimes, employing existing infrastructures, or automating navigation tasks. This session discusses urban last mile logistics on a holistic basis and aims to combine it with the large body of knowledge on intra-logistics and thereby bring together technology, processes, and regulation. Work on prototype and proof-of-concept implementations are highly welcome.

Topics under this session include (but not limited to)
  • Process design for last mile and outdoor logistics
  • Vehicle design in unstructured environments
  • Navigation and localization in outdoor environments
  • Safety of autonomous robots in outdoor environments and crowded areas
  • Functional Safety for classification tasks
  • Operation, evolution, and management of last mile logistics and its vehicles
  • Communication technologies in outdoor environments
  • Regulatory topics and special permits for testing
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