{"id":75860,"date":"2024-08-18T20:18:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T00:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75860"},"modified":"2024-08-18T20:18:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T00:18:54","slug":"hesai-westwell-to-partner-on-autonomous-yard-tractors-electric-semi-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75860","title":{"rendered":"Hesai, Westwell to partner on autonomous yard tractors & electric semi trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hesai is putting its lidar expertise to work no Westwell\u2019s industry-leading autonomous yard tractors \u2013\u00a0a partnership that both companies will advance the state of the autonomous art.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s no question that electrification is the<\/em> killer app for yard trucks and terminal tractors. The trucks operate on tight routes, the work demands instant low-end torque, and the crowded, ever-changing nature of the port environment they operate in rewards quiet operation (translation: when someone yells, \u201cStop<\/em>!\u201d the operator being able to hear them is a huge benefit). Toyota knows it<\/a>. Volvo knows it<\/a>. Heck, DHL knows it so well that they\u2019ve been able to get a positive ROI on their fleet of Orange EVs that they\u2019ve committed to electrify 100% of their terminal fleet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the proliferation of electric trucks at ports and terminals won\u2019t matter if there aren\u2019t enough people to drive them<\/a>,\u00a0and the national (if not global) shortage of young operators coming into the business is not just a favorite topic on The Heavy Equipment Podcast \u2013\u00a0it\u2019s a multibillion dollar problem that the industry is racing to solve.<\/p>\n

More than that, though, it\u2019s a problem that Hesai thinks it\u2019s closer to solving than anyone else<\/a>. <\/p>\n

For their part, Westwell seems to agree. The company\u2019s autonomous logistics solutions \u2013\u00a0from terminal trucks to material handlers and forklifts<\/a> \u2013\u00a0will soon be equipped with Hesai\u2019s advanced lidar systems over 200 corporate clients across 20 countries.<\/p>\n

Westwell believes this deep collaboration with Hesai enable it to offer its fleet customers higher productivity, along with significantly enhanced operating efficiency and quality while they reduce carbon emissions on a global scale.<\/p>\n

Hesai, Westwell add lidar to autonomous trucks<\/h2>\n
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Hesai and Westwell partner on terminal machinery; via Hesai<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Westwell R&D team is using a multi-sensor \u201cfusion\u201d approach,\u00a0equipping a number of Hesai\u2019s XT32 and AT128 lidars to each of their vehicles\u00a0to ensure precise operations across various scenarios.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s good, because port operations involve large trucks, massive amounts of weight, and a constant need for accuracy despite rapidly changing and potentially dangerous conditions. Simply put: cameras alone won\u2019t cut it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To their credit, Westwell claims its autonomous driving Q-Trucks and E-Trucks using Hesai\u2019s XT32 mid-range lidar deliver an impressive +\/- 5 millimeter<\/em> range precision. The lidar provides high-quality point cloud data that autonomous driving algorithms can easily process<\/a>, and its innovative optical system incorporates dirt and salt detection, as well as self-cleaning systems to ensure high-quality performance, which guarantees accurate vehicle alignment and interactions at ports.<\/p>\n

Beyond the big trucks, Hesai believes its lidar can help empower industrial robotics by providing precise distance, speed, and imaging data, facilitating accurate positioning, obstacle avoidance, and navigation in complex environments.<\/p>\n

SOURCE | IMAGES<\/strong>: HESAI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hesai is putting its lidar expertise to work no Westwell\u2019s industry-leading autonomous yard tractors \u2013\u00a0a partnership that both companies will advance the state of the autonomous art. There\u2019s no question that electrification is the killer app for yard trucks and terminal tractors. The trucks operate on tight routes, the work demands instant low-end torque, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}