Description: Testing the autonomous airport snow plowing with unmanned tractor – by Finavia, Valtra, Neste, Nokian Tyres and Fortbrand/Vammas.
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Autonomous airport snow clearing – from vision to a proof of concept
Finland is known for keeping its airports up and running in almost any weather. But anything can be done more safely, sustainably and economically. Enter the Snowbot – the concept of autonomous snow clearing for Northern airports.
Automatic robot vacuum cleaners and lawnmowers are already reality, but scaling the idea to airport snow clearing? Sounds almost like science fiction: program the optimized runway clearing patterns to a special unmanned, autonomous tractor running on low-carbon biofuel, pulling an effective snow clearing equipment and ensuring its driving properties with top-notch tires. But it can be done – as a joint venture between five Finnish specialist companies.