In line with Dubai's drive to become the world's smart mobility hub, Dubai South today signed a MoU with Evocargo for the launch of the UAE's first autonomous vehicle trials for cargo at the master development's Logistics District. The trials will see EVO.1, Evocargo's unmanned electric logistics vehicle, navigate Dubai South's Logistics District from December until February 2023. A key objective of the trials is to enable Evocargo to modify and redesign EVO.1 specifically for the MENA region. During the trial period, a remote operator will be stationed onsite in the Control Centre to manage the platform. The centre, located in Dubai South's Logistics District, includes a software suite to monitor the EVO.1's operation, check the serviceability of the sensors, and identify any errors.

DUBAI, 14th December, 2022 (WAM) -- In line with Dubai's drive to become the world's smart mobility hub, Dubai South today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Evocargo for the launch of the UAE's first autonomous vehicle trials for cargo at the master development's Logistics District. The trials will see EVO.1, Evocargo's unmanned electric logistics vehicle, navigate Dubai South's Logistics District from December until February 2023. A key objective of the trials is to enable Evocargo to modify and redesign EVO.1 specifically for the MENA region. During the trial period, a remote operator will be stationed onsite in the Control Centre to manage the platform. The centre, located in Dubai South's Logistics District, includes a software suite to monitor the EVO.1's operation, check the serviceability of the sensors, and identify any errors.

Did you miss a session at the Data Summit? This article was contributed by Andrey Bolshakov, founder and CEO of Evocargo. Autonomous vehicles are subject to far more stringent requirements than long-haul truck drivers and their vehicles. After all, there is no margin of error for robots. That is why self-driving cars are tested more thoroughly, even on public roads, and why the media and the public react so strongly when they fail.

Oleg Shipitko, Chief Technical Director of Evocargo, an integrated logistics service company using autonomous vehicles speaks with Kate. Oleg talks about the need for automating operational logistics inside enclosed facilities centers and how their autonomous vehicles and other operational services can greatly improve the current way we transport goods within facilities such as ports, warehouses and factories. He has a bachelors and masters degree in autonomous information and control systems (bachelors: 4.96/5.0, Oleg has received numerous awards including: Best paper awarded at 32nd European Conference on Modeling and Simulation (ECMS-2018): Ground Vehicle Localization With Particle Filter Based On Simulated Road Marking Image and Best paper awarded at IV International Conference on Information Technology and Nanotechnology (ITNT-2018): Gaussian filtering for FPGA based image processing with High-Level Synthesis tools.