Self-driven vehicles in logistics: today and the future
Tarutin, Nikita (2018)
Savonia-ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201802082180
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201802082180
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Nowadays autonomous driving technologies are developing rapidly. International concerns test self-driven vehicles in a real traffic and predict their appearance for commercial use by 2020-2021. This can change road transportation and the entire logistics industry in a significant way.
This thesis is dedicated to the present and the future of self-driven vehicles. The theory part covers the current development and possible application of autonomous transport for road transportation and material handling purposes. The goal of the research part is to investigate the public opinion on the matter of autonomous vehicles within logistics industry. In order to gather information, a survey was arranged and 62 people answered the questionnaire.
Autonomous driving is currently prohibited on public roads. Nowadays, self-driven vehicles are mainly used for material handling purposes due to more flexible legislative and liability requirements of this field. Nevertheless, IT giants and leading car producers are constantly working on overcoming the technological gap and other barriers on the way of self-driven vehicles to the common use.
The public opinion is quite uncertain. In general, people have a positive attitude to the appearance of self-driven vehicles and its impact on logistics. At the same time they understand possible risks and disadvantages it can bring to the market and society in a whole.
This work can be interesting for people who want to obtain understanding and perspectives of self-driven vehicles. Moreover, summarized theoretical information on the matter of autonomous driving, public opinion and other data can be found in this thesis and used for further studies.
This thesis is dedicated to the present and the future of self-driven vehicles. The theory part covers the current development and possible application of autonomous transport for road transportation and material handling purposes. The goal of the research part is to investigate the public opinion on the matter of autonomous vehicles within logistics industry. In order to gather information, a survey was arranged and 62 people answered the questionnaire.
Autonomous driving is currently prohibited on public roads. Nowadays, self-driven vehicles are mainly used for material handling purposes due to more flexible legislative and liability requirements of this field. Nevertheless, IT giants and leading car producers are constantly working on overcoming the technological gap and other barriers on the way of self-driven vehicles to the common use.
The public opinion is quite uncertain. In general, people have a positive attitude to the appearance of self-driven vehicles and its impact on logistics. At the same time they understand possible risks and disadvantages it can bring to the market and society in a whole.
This work can be interesting for people who want to obtain understanding and perspectives of self-driven vehicles. Moreover, summarized theoretical information on the matter of autonomous driving, public opinion and other data can be found in this thesis and used for further studies.