UD Trucks’ Level-4 self-driving trials with Kobe Steel a success say the companies
By Will Pulson - 3rd April 2023
UD Trucks’ Quon heavy-duty off road dump truck with Level-4 self-driving autonomy on trial with Kobe Steel
Japan / Finland – UD Trucks Corporation of Ageo, Saitama prefecture, Japan announced last month it has now conducted autonomous driving trials with Kobe Steel Ltd using a heavy-duty Quon truck equipped with Level-4 autonomous driving technology.
The company said the trials, which were conducted at Kobe Steel’s Kakogawa Works steel production facilities located in Kakogawa in Japan’s Hyogo prefecture, were run over a period of two months from the end of August 2022. A heavy-duty UD Quon dump truck was used to transport 17-tons of water crushed slag on a route within the Kakogawa Works site. The truck was equipped with Level 4 confined-area autonomous driving system developed by Finland’s Sensible 4 Oy, which allowed it to carry out operational tasks such as stopping, loading and unloading within a set time frame.
