Development and evaluation of elemental technologies for non-contact waste collection systems (proposal of use cases in specific Spaces)

Abstract

In the garbage collection and transportation business, there is a need for technologies related to non-contact and automation to cope with labor shortages. The purpose of this research is to develop elemental technologies for social implementation of non-contact garbage collection and to construct a scenario. As one of the elemental technologies to realize non-contact garbage collection, we developed an autonomous driving robot that can carry garbage containers. Although implementation on public roads in the future is the target, early social implementation is expected in specific Spaces such as theme parks that are not subject to restrictions such as the road traffic law. In this paper, we report on the use cases in a specific space and the proposed introduction of moving trash cans.