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the help of GPS receivers. The truck follows a co-ordinate-based
map across the canefield. Two gyroscopes ensure that the
entire vehicle – not just the front wheels – is steered with a
precision that allows it to deviate no more than 25 mm laterally
from its set course. When loading, the driver can choose to
regulate speed with the help of the vehicle’s cruise control, or
to accelerate and brake manually. That’s a huge reduction in
the stress of high-precision steering.
“With this solution we will soon be able to significantly
increase the productivity of our customers in the sugar-cane
industry. At the same time, we will improve their drivers’
working conditions and safety. This in turn will make the job
more appealing, and make it easier to recruit and maintain
drivers,” says Wilson Lirmann, president of Volvo Group Latin
America.
In its next phase, the research project will transition into
product development, with more vehicles being field tested.
Word is that we can expect the system to become commercially
available in the foreseeable future. Currently, customers are
being offered an advanced GPS-based map-reading system to
guide the existing manual-steered trucks.
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