Autonomous public area maintenance machines and best practices of them globally
Kerimzhanova, Aishuak (2021)
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Kerimzhanova, Aishuak
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202104154902
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202104154902
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Autonomous vehicles and Artificial Intelligence became hot topics nowadays, and the future where they are fully integrated is no longer a fantasy. Although this thesis work includes information about self-driving cars, it represents autonomous machines for public area maintenance.
The commissioner of this thesis is the Public Works Department of the City of Espoo. The purpose of the study is to analyse the ways to improve maintenance work through the usage of autonomous machines. A brief history of self-driving cars and some essential technologies are provided to introduce the city representatives to the basics of autonomous vehicles to participate in Espoo’s future pilots with extended knowledge. Furthermore, the best practices worldwide are given to find out what level of autonomy exists nowadays and what to learn from their experience.
As the result, this paper represents the reasons for implementation and possible challenges. The following reasons were divided into three main categories – ecological, economical and safety. Moreover, a survey is provided to show the young people’s opinion about the road maintenance autonomous machines.
To summarise, autonomous machines are useful due to the lack of manpower and their 24/7 working hours. They will be especially beneficial in the parking spaces, universities, parks, and sidewalks, where the integration with other moving obstacles is minimal. However, in order for them to be operated on the main streets, a safety driver is required.
One of the main problems of the industry is a lack of united legislation and regulations. Many countries all around the world are trying to solve it by moving towards the innovative future with trial pilots of autonomous machines, and Finland is no exception.
The commissioner of this thesis is the Public Works Department of the City of Espoo. The purpose of the study is to analyse the ways to improve maintenance work through the usage of autonomous machines. A brief history of self-driving cars and some essential technologies are provided to introduce the city representatives to the basics of autonomous vehicles to participate in Espoo’s future pilots with extended knowledge. Furthermore, the best practices worldwide are given to find out what level of autonomy exists nowadays and what to learn from their experience.
As the result, this paper represents the reasons for implementation and possible challenges. The following reasons were divided into three main categories – ecological, economical and safety. Moreover, a survey is provided to show the young people’s opinion about the road maintenance autonomous machines.
To summarise, autonomous machines are useful due to the lack of manpower and their 24/7 working hours. They will be especially beneficial in the parking spaces, universities, parks, and sidewalks, where the integration with other moving obstacles is minimal. However, in order for them to be operated on the main streets, a safety driver is required.
One of the main problems of the industry is a lack of united legislation and regulations. Many countries all around the world are trying to solve it by moving towards the innovative future with trial pilots of autonomous machines, and Finland is no exception.