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The Daimler subsidiary AXYARD and the startup embotech together hope to provide a solution for driverless electric trucks. They primarily plan to automate yard logistics with this.The Daimler subsidiary AXYARD has concluded a collaboration with the Zurich-based startup embotech.Embotech thinks it will take a while for driverless vehicles to appear on the streets but driverless trucks could already be used on private property such as airports or logistic yards. As such AXYARD and embotech first plan to focus on this area.AXYARD was formed as a spin-off from Daimler in 2020 and specializes in the automation of trucks. With this it focuses on their use in yard logistics. Embotech was established as a spin-off from the Automatic Control Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETH in 2013. The company develops motion planning software that controls steering braking acceleration and parking in driverless vehicles. Embotechs solutions are not based on artificial intelligence or machine learning. Instead the company relies on a deterministic mathematical approach. Based on the vehicles physical properties navigable routes are calculated in real-time for example. As this occurs without programming or training the vehicle it can react to the environment in a fully automated way.Embotech CEO Andreas Kyrtatos is quoted in the press release saying We have created a new business unit at Embotech which combines yard logistics knowhow from the AXYARD team with world-class autonomous driving software from Embotech to offer customers complete Transportation-as-a-Service TaaS solutions. We are thoroughly excited about the potential of these solutions in the European and global yard logistics automation markets.
