System Model for Autonomous Road Freight Transportation

  • Csaba Csiszár Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Department of Transport Technology and Economics http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4677-3733
  • Dávid Földes Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Department of Transport Technology and Economics http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4352-8166
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7307/ptt.v30i1.2566
Keywords: autonomous freight vehicle, system structure, operational model, city logistics,

Abstract

Emerging info-communication and vehicle technologies (especially vehicle automation) facilitate evolvement of autonomous road freight transportation. The entire transport system and its operation undergo a major change. New service concepts are growing and the existing ones are being transformed. The changing is particularly significant in city logistics. However, there are debates about the ways of automation of processes targeting improvement of capacity utilisation and decrease of expenditures. The main research questions of the paper are therefore: what properties of the future autonomous freight transportation are presumed; what system structure is to be constructed and how the system is to be operated? After introducing the basic notions and reviews of the current systems and developments, the shifting from traditional freight transportation to autonomous system is investigated by several aspects. A system- and process-oriented analytical modelling method has been applied. The main system constituents and their connections are modelled. Finally, we elaborate the operational model of road freight transportation, which is applicable principally in metropolitan areas. In conclusion, the presented
results appoint the research and innovation trends towards the automation of freight transportation.

Author Biography

Csaba Csiszár, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Department of Transport Technology and Economics
PhD, associate professor

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2018-02-26
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Csiszár C, Földes D. System Model for Autonomous Road Freight Transportation. Promet [Internet]. 2018Feb.26 [cited 2024Nov.21];30(1):93-103. Available from: https://traffic.fpz.hr/index.php/PROMTT/article/view/2566
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