التكنولوجيا وأخبارها بوابة الإمارات لتكنولوجيا المعلومات والإتصالات
Rajant and Velodyne Lidar Support Portwide Autonomy for DGWorld’s ITVs at DP World’s Largest Port
M2M Wireless and Lidar Integral to Jebel Ali Port Automation by
DGWorld
Rajant Corporation, the provider of Kinetic Mesh® wireless
networks, and Velodyne Lidar, Inc., a market leader in lidar
technology, together are playing a vital role behind the
agreement between DP World, UAE Region and the
autonomous vehicle, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI)
specialist DGWorld. The contract will equip DP World’s
Jebel Ali Port, the world’s ninth busiest seaport, with a fleet
of DGWorld’s Autonomous Internal Terminal Vehicles
(AITVs), including integration into the existing operational
processes and infrastructures. This deployment supports
DP World’s visionary strategy for future-proofed, seaport
digitalization setting a new global standard for port
operations, supply chains, and trade.
Rajant’s fully mobile M2M Kinetic Mesh BreadCrumb®
wireless nodes, along with Velodyne’s Puck™ 3D lidar
sensors, are vital to enable DGWorld to deliver and
integrate their autonomous technology into the existing
ITV fleet in multiple phases. DGWorld’s goal is to further
increase the operational efficiency of the terminal and
reduce the overall size of the currently used fleet.
Velodyne Puck sensors will provide rich computer
perception data to help determine the safest way to
navigate and direct AITVs in the complex, busy DP World,
UAE Region seaport. The Rajant wireless mesh network
provides a continuous communications infrastructure to
ensure the AITVs are always interconnected and working together.
According to Matthias Krause, General Manager at
DGWorld, “We trialed other wireless technologies, including
the latest 5G, before discovering Rajant. They all had the
same physical limitation, which is that wireless cannot go
through large, metal container stacks. Rajant‘s Kinetic
Mesh M2M technology allows the vehicles to talk to each
other, which is critical to communicate fleet directions
between container stacks. Velodyne Lidar has proven that
their sensors are delivering unmatched data and can handle
even harsh environments without problems, so it was an
obvious choice. Both Velodyne and Rajant provided local
support to ensure the project was a success. We have been
impressed with their professionalism and extra support
over the last several years.”
“Velodyne is honored to be selected to help fully automate
terminal vehicle transport at Jebel Ali Port, the premier port
in the Middle East. This exciting initiative will enable port
terminal vehicles to work fully autonomously without
drivers in a hectic, crowded environment,” said Erich Smidt,
Executive Director Europe, Velodyne Lidar. “We want to
thank our valued partner DGWorld for their vision in how
Velodyne’s 3D lidar sensors can power automated guided
vehicles (AGVs) that provide a quantum leap in port
terminal automation in the region and beyond.”
“Selecting Rajant Kinetic Mesh to serve as the backbone for
DGWorld and DP World Jebel Ali Port really highlights the
difference between Rajant M2M InstaMesh technology and
Wi-Fi, 4G, and 5G,” said Geoff Smith, Rajant’s Executive
Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “We are pleased to
be chosen to make this AITV fleet deployment possible.
Rajant is the only industrial wireless network for mobile
machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, which is also
capable of overcoming RF signal blockages of large metal
containers and signal interference from ships, radar, and
neighboring ports.”
