Autonomous Haga Shuttle
The autonomous Haga Shuttle: a fine match between man and machine
What is new? For whom is it new? How new is it?
In the destination, Rotterdam and The Hague started to introduce to their infrastructure autonomous vehicles. The population and the economy are growing which basically means there are more and more train and subway passengers.
It was hard to find Subway drivers who want to run a shuttle service between the metro station and the airport in the middle of the night. An autonomous vehicle means that is is possible to operate a full night shift and assign that bus driver to other tasks.
It does not just improve the labor situations, furthermore, it improved traffic flow on roadways because vehicles can communicate with each other.
The Haga Shuttle is the only autonomous vehicle who operates on the road in the metropolitan region at present.
What type of innovation?
Disruptive Innovation
What can you find about the background of the innovation? Who was the innovator? Story of invention? How has it been generated?
The Haga Shuttle project was set up by the HTM transport company, Rebel and The Future Mobility Network. The minibus drives 5 kilometers per hour and scans the area to see if there are any obstacles or people on its route. The company invests in innovations that are still in their infancy.
Source: https://innovationorigins.com/the-autonomous-haga-shuttle-a-fine-match-between-man-and-machine/
Stefanie Gumpinger & Lea Müllauer
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