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FORESTRY 4.0. CONNECTED FORESTS – TRUCK AUTOMATION IN FORESTRY
Texas A&M – Transportation Technology Conference
April 30, 2019
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ABOUT FPINNOVATIONS
AUTOMATION OF THE SECTOR
OUR APPROACH
FINDINGS
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ABOUT FPINNOVATIONS
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OUR COMPANY AT A GLANCE
450
Employees
Since 1918
Know-How
Canada
Location
$80M
Funding
Not-for-profit R&D world leader that specializes in the creation of scientific solutions in support of the forest sector’s global
competitiveness.
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Key roles
• Competitiveness of the forest industry
• Transformation and diversification of the forest sector
Delivering value & impact
• Supporting the industry’s development
• Creating collaborations to increase market growth
• Commercial scaling-up novel industrial technologies
ABOUT FPINNOVATIONS
FPINNOVATIONS & FORESTRY’S FUTURE
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AUTOMATION OF THE SECTOR
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KEY CHALLENGES FACING THE SECTOR
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Finding people
Attracting people
Retaining people
People
Improving the industry safety performance by removing people from
hazardous environments.
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Safety
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Improving productivity
Improving utilization
Increasing value
Fibre costs and
value
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Maintain the industry’s strong environmental
performance.
Sustainability
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FORESTRY 4.0 AUTOMATION OF FOREST OPERATIONS
$ 40 M Planned investments
2025 Target for highly automated operations
Driven by the
Industry and the government
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AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORT AUTOMATED HARVESTING IN-FOREST CONNECTIVITY
AUTOMATION OF THE SECTOR
COMPONENTS
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FROM CONCEPT TO FIELD DEPLOYMENT
Confirm the potential of the technology
Showcase of the application
PROOF OF CONCEPT
From the proof of concept data,
establish where the technology lies
TECHNOLOGICAL GAPS IDENTIFICATION
Development plan required to adapt
the technology for a forest use
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Technology development
DEVELOPMENT
Off and On-Site solution testing of
increasingly complex use-cases to confirm
the technology performs as expected
TESTING
FIELD DEPLOYMENT AND OPERATION USE OF THE
SOLUTION
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CHALLENGING OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS
• Heavy loads : Up to 150 metric tons
• Temperature ranging from -50 oF to + 100 oF
• Dust, snow, mud, hail, ice, wind
• Gravel roads (ruts, potholes, washboarding, …)
• Limited GPS reception in certain areas
• Steep grades, tight turns, no lane markings
AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORT
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OUR APPROACH - TRANSPORTATION
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AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORT
• Long term objective to operate autonomously from the cut-block to the mill
• Leverage two existing technologies
• Platooning
• Autonomous truck / Autonomous driving
• Promote a step-by-step approach
• Main focus on the safety of operations
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WHAT IS TRUCK PLATOONING?
• Platooning is the operation of collaborative pelotons of electronically connected trucks
• Concept developed for highway use with fuel savings in mind
• The forest sector is interested in the driverless operation of the trailing truck(s)
• Platooning is a stepping stone toward autonomous trucking in the forest industry
GPS ANTENNAS Provide real time positioning
RADIO COMMUNICATION Vehicles are electronically linked
RADAR Forward objects detection and range measurement
APPROACH
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Put a system in conditions it was not designed for, in
order to evaluate the potential of the technology
V i a b i l i t y o f t h e C o n c e p t
Identify technological gaps existing between where the
technology stands today and what it should be able to
accomplish for operational use
P a v e t h e Wa y
WHY CONDUCT A PLATOONING TEST ON FOREST ROADS? APPROACH
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TEST PARAMETERS
• SAE Level 1, Two-Trucks Platooning
• Human driver controll ing the steering, throttle and brake in the lead truck
• Human driver controll ing the steering in the following truck
• Over 400 km driven with the platooning mode engaged
• Following distances ranging from 100 ft to 300 ft
• Traveling Speeds of 40 mph and higher
• Unloaded forest trailers for safety reasons
Approach
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F INDINGS
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KEY FINDINGS
Technological gaps were identified to allow the use of platooning in daily forest operations
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Items such as the brake usage, impact of grade and performance of the system in GPS challenged zones will need to be further evaluated
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The system used performed above expectations 1
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