Airport World
22 July 2024
Autonomous technology born in the UK has been given a high-profile German seal of approval after a demonstration at Stuttgart Airport.
Aurrigo International plc’s Auto-DollyTug was successfully deployed as part of the Digital Testbed Air Cargo (DTAC) Demonstration.
The demonstration was led by the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) and operational partners Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH, Fraport AG, and Sovereign Speed Gmbh.
Oliver Luksic, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport was among those in attendance during the trial, which arguably provided a glimpse into the potential future of air cargo handling and how it can be optimised by using autonomous equipment.
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