Autonomous Convoy Trial on Public Road
A new project has become the first to operate a convoy autonomously on an open road.
The Australian Army, along with the NTRO and Deakin University as partners, has been trialling autonomous leader-follower technology for the past 12 months.
It has previously been trialled on armed forces bases, and on public roads – including a test drive around the Mt Panorama motor racing circuit at Bathurst in October 2022.
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