The German carmaker is using the lidar-based technology supplied by Seoul Robotics to move finished vehicles from the factory floor to the point of pick-up for onward distribution
The V2X (vehicle-to-everything) technology uses a control tower and hundreds of connected lidar sensors to move the vehicles without drivers and without the need for sensors being placed in the individual vehicles. It represents the largest implementation of the technology so far, according to the company, and is the latest example of the application of light detection and ranging (lidar) technology in the autonomous handling of finished vehicles.
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