Outrider announces the release of its AI-driven perception technology. This yard automation solution understands, anticipates and interacts with the diversity of fixed and moving actors in the yard. The updated perception system allows Outrider to achieve critical safety and performance objectives for commercial driverless operations in 2024.
“Because distribution yards are complex outdoor environments, Outrider’s autonomous system is designed to work side-by-side with many types of actors, including other yard trucks, over-the-road semi-trucks, trailers, delivery trucks, golf carts, pallets, personnel and more,” says Andrew Smith, Outrider founder and CEO. “Our latest perception technology enables Outrider’s system to autonomously move customer trailers and containers with greater levels of efficiency and safety than ever before.”
Key Takeaways:
- Outrider updated its multi-modal sensor platform on each autonomous yard truck with over 3x the range and 10x the sensor data to achieve critical safety and performance objectives for scaled driverless operations.
- The diversity of environments in which the system operates enhances the safety of operations at each individual customer site. All of Outrider’s AI-driven perception capabilities are backed up with redundant safety mechanisms to merge the benefits of machine learning with traditional functional safety approaches used for industrial operations.
- The latest release of its perception technology further complements Outrider’s many industry firsts and patented innovations that facilitate fully autonomous trailer movement, including hitching, backing, trailer brake line connection, yard inventory tracking, as well as integration with warehouse, yard and transportation management systems.
- As part of ongoing autonomous operations since 2019, Outrider has been collecting perception-based data points across a wide variety of distribution yards used for package shipping, eCommerce and retail, consumer packaged goods, intermodal rail and manufacturing.
