A new book “Tietämysperusteinen elinjakson hallinta” (in Finnish), covering a wide range of topics related to lifecyle and asset management, has been published by Promaint. The book includes many contributions by scientists involved in the AUTOPORT project. A free pdf Read more…
AUTOPORT project and its research on the safety of autonomous machinery has been featured on the VTT website.
The research on safety of automation systems conducted in AUTOPORT project was disseminated on January 15, 2021, in a Safety sensor workshop organized by FIMA, Forum for Intelligent Machines. The event consisted of two presentations by VTT scientists, followed by Read more…
Timo Malm from VTT gave a presentation on safety of autonomous mobile machinery in an online event organized by Suomen Automaatioseura (Finnish Society of Automation). The presentation material is available online on the Automaatioseura website (direct link to pdf). The Read more…
RAAS (Rethinking Autonomy and Safety) research alliance held an online seminar on November 24, 2020. Pekka Yli-Paunu from Kalmar gave one of the event’s keynote presentations, titled “Intelligent ports”. The presentation emphasized the importance of research on digital transformation in Read more…
Ecosystem workshops have been a key forum for sharing knowledge and insights within the AUTOPORT consortium throughout the project. As some partners are already nearing the completion of their projects, more and more results are shared in each workshop, with Read more…
Safety standards are currently being developed in many industries to enable increasing levels of autonomy. For autonomous port machinery, domain-specific standards are not readily available. This makes it important to follow the field of standardisation and to identify relevant key Read more…
AUTOPORT project was represented in the in the 6th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems (VEHITS 2020). The conference was held as an online event due to the travel restrictions.Two papers from the AUTOPORT project were presented Read more…
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affects the society, businesses and individuals in many ways, and it imposes practical challenges on collaborative R&D projects as well. However, the current situation also concretely emphasizes the importance of flexible and reliable logistic processes that Read more…
AUTOPORT project continuously follows and benchmarks the activities related to increasing use of autonomous systems in various industrial domains. A prominent example of autonomous systems in logistics was recently demonstrated at Stora Enso facility in Uimaharju, Finland, where a self-driving Read more…