by belter on 3/27/24, 6:46 PM
From YouTube comments, it seems was an experiment of 2023 with video only uploaded now. It also looks like was not that successful, as they were too slow, and ended up causing problems for the meat based drivers...
by sandworm101 on 3/27/24, 9:09 PM
>> to investigate what the advantages of autonomous transport can be and what employees think of it.
Lets not kid ourselves. The only real "advantage" would have been one less driver earning a paycheck.
I've been on the airside passenger busses at Schipol. They move faster than the average bus. I cannot see this tiny thing ever competing with those pro drivers.
by tdudhhu on 3/27/24, 6:42 PM
Self driving is a bit of a stretch here. There are already a lot locations around the world where autonomous vehicles are driving, even in the Nederlands.
For example in the Netherlands there is a container terminal that has been using autonomous trucks for decades. And since 1999 there have been autonomous busses in Rotterdam.
Yes they are self driving, but not as smart as self driving means today.
by wantsanagent on 3/27/24, 7:15 PM
Any chance we can get the title modified to read "Schiphol airport ..." as many won't know if this is a company, a town, or what until paragraph 4 of the press release?
by interestica on 3/27/24, 6:49 PM
I was at Dulles/DC and the air-side transportation was interesting: the jetbridge was also a bus. It's a "mobile lounge" and I guess a few airports have them. There's definitely something interesting when transit isn't seen as transit...but just mobile public spaces?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_lounge
by davidkuennen on 3/27/24, 6:35 PM
I was flying to Schiphol on Monday and use that airport as my favorite for long-haul flights, even though I'm from Germany. It's a really nice airport.
by uebdkdxsndndh on 3/28/24, 1:17 PM
As people already mention positive aspects about Schiphol. The new hand luggage scanners allow you to finally take liquids of any volume with you, forget max 100ml sized containers. One of the few airports that has them afaik
by beardyw on 3/27/24, 7:06 PM
Is "autonomous ground operation" a valid ambition in and of itself? Surely it needs qualification
- which means that ...
by svilen_dobrev on 3/28/24, 1:17 PM
i don't know about self-driveing..
what would be far-better and far-easier, is just to use electrical buses instead of those diesel never-ever-turned-off 24/7 smoke-producers-on-wheels. in all airports. poor or Rich..
but no.