ABACAS - Autonomous Baggage Automation for Changi Airport Stakeholders

ABACAS - 樟宜机场利益相关者的自主行李自动化

• 批准号: 96816
• 金额: $ 44.56万
• 依托单位: RICHMOND DESIGN & MARKETING LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=96816
• 关键词: ABACAS; Autonomous; Baggage; Automation; Changi

ABACAS will use self-driving vehicle technology to enable safer and more efficient baggage handling for the aviation industry.Despite the current downturn due to the Global Pandemic, worldwide air passenger numbers are estimated to double in the next 18 years. Airports all face the challenge of using existing buildings and infrastructure more efficiently to handle this dramatic increase, and the subsequent increased volumes of baggage.Today's baggage handling systems typically start in a hall full of sorting equipment to bring checked bags together onto a conveyor system where tags are scanned, enabling bags to be manually packed into Unit Load Device (ULD) containers. ULDs are then pushed onto trailers, called dollies, that are pulled in trains of 4 by an electric tug. The efficiency of such systems is limited by the physical space available inside the baggage hall, which is typically located underneath the main terminal buildings, with no room for expansion. Furthermore, baggage handlers are working in conditions best described as being 'hostile' from a health and safety perspective. They compete for space with fuellers, in-flight catering vehicles, tugs, engineering vehicles, and the plane itself, and in extreme conditions of light (night and day), temperature (summer and winter) and noise from the plethora of vehicles and machines.The ABACAS project will overcome these challenges by developing technology to turn every trailer into an autonomous dolly (AutoDolly). This will enable many more ULDs to be moved within the same available space, and in a much more efficient manner, as each can move uniquely. 8 autonomous dollies with their own ULDs could be accommodated in the same space as a tug and 4 traditional trailers, leading immediately to a potential doubling of capacity.ABACAS will be delivered by RDM, a Coventry based SME, internationally recognised as a leader in autonomous technology, supported by Changi Airports Group (CAG), operator of Singapore international airport and Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), a pioneer of aircraft & airside operational safety and implementation of advanced technology. The project will build upon new ideas and technology arising from previous Innovate UK projects; SWARM and T-CABs. This UK based intellectual property will be used as the foundation for further innovation in airside autonomous systems. Through this project, RDM will take to market the electric AutoDolly systems that will enhance the competitiveness and robustness of the UK's aviation sector and make working airside safer.

ABACAS将使用自动驾驶汽车技术，为航空业提供更安全、更高效的行李处理服务。尽管目前由于全球大流行病而经济低迷，但全球航空乘客数量预计将在未来18年内翻一番。所有机场都面临着如何更有效地利用现有建筑和基础设施来处理急剧增加的行李量以及随之而来的行李量的挑战。如今的行李处理系统通常从一个满是分拣设备的大厅开始，将托运行李集中到一个传送带系统上，在传送带系统上扫描标签，使行李能够手动打包到单元装载设备（ULD）集装箱中。然后，ULD被推到拖车上，称为推车，由电动拖船拉成4列。这种系统的效率受到行李大厅内可用的物理空间的限制，行李大厅通常位于主要航站楼的下面，没有扩展空间。此外，从健康和安全的角度来看，行李处理人员的工作条件最好被描述为“敌对”。他们与加油机、空中餐饮车、拖船、工程车和飞机本身争夺空间，并在光线（黑夜和白天）、温度（夏季和冬季）以及大量车辆和机器噪音的极端条件下工作。ABACAS项目将通过开发技术将每辆拖车变成自动小车（AutoDolly）来克服这些挑战。这将使更多的ULD能够在相同的可用空间内以更有效的方式移动，因为每个ULD都可以唯一地移动。ABACAS将由RDM提供，RDM是一家位于考文垂的中小型企业，国际公认的自动驾驶技术领导者，由樟宜机场集团（CAG）提供支持，樟宜机场集团是新加坡国际机场的运营商和新加坡民航局（CAAS），飞机和机场空侧操作安全和先进技术应用的先驱。该项目将建立在以前的创新英国项目产生的新想法和技术的基础上; SWARM和T-CAB。这一英国知识产权将被用作进一步创新空侧自主系统的基础。通过这个项目，RDM将把电动AutoDolly系统推向市场，这将提高英国航空业的竞争力和稳健性，并使工作的空侧更安全。