
Before an Automated Terminal Tractor moves its first container, it has already gone through engineering, integration and validation.
๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ-๐๐ต๐ฒ-๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ - ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
Reliable autonomous operation starts long before the first autonomous drive. Integrating the autonomy system, validating vehicle behaviour and testing performance under realistic operating conditions are all part of preparing a vehicle for daily terminal operations.
A great example of what close collaboration between APM Terminals Maasvlakte II B.V., Terberg Special Vehicles, ROCSYS and Embotech looks like in practice.