Autonomous Vehicles and their Impact on Road Transportations
Pham, Quang (2018)
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201805229458
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201805229458
Tiivistelmä
Transportation is a crucial element in the supply chain of any business. Within transportation, road transportation of goods plays an important role due to being popular, easily implemented and cost efficient. However, by 2018, the trucking industry is facing several challenges that cannot be tackled without implementing new technologies into the field. Autonomous driving, even though only in its early testing and implementation phase, has been regarded as a potential solution for the future of transportation.
The objectives of the thesis were to explore the technology of autonomous driving and how they could be implemented in the trucking industry, as well as what benefits it can bring to the business and what limitations and challenges it has to overcome in order to become a practical solution. To achieve the objectives, available data was collected from news articles, studies and research articles and then analysed.
According to the results of the analyses, autonomous driving, if successfully implemented, can bring several benefits to the trucking industry. The improvements relate to productivity, safety and potentially to the cost efficiency aspects. However, the technology has to overcome several challenges before being able to be commercialised.
The study can serve as a systematic literature review so that the readers can familiarise themselves with the technology, prepare for the future of autonomous driving and understand what technology can and cannot bring to the trucking industry.
The objectives of the thesis were to explore the technology of autonomous driving and how they could be implemented in the trucking industry, as well as what benefits it can bring to the business and what limitations and challenges it has to overcome in order to become a practical solution. To achieve the objectives, available data was collected from news articles, studies and research articles and then analysed.
According to the results of the analyses, autonomous driving, if successfully implemented, can bring several benefits to the trucking industry. The improvements relate to productivity, safety and potentially to the cost efficiency aspects. However, the technology has to overcome several challenges before being able to be commercialised.
The study can serve as a systematic literature review so that the readers can familiarise themselves with the technology, prepare for the future of autonomous driving and understand what technology can and cannot bring to the trucking industry.