Aurrigo Deploys Autonomous Electric Shuttle at Portsmouth International Port

Aurrigo International plc is set to deploy its technology into a live UK port for the first time after receiving up to USD$133,000 (£100,000) in funding. The company will trial its Auto-Shuttle electric vehicle at Portsmouth International Port to prove driverless tech can operate safely and reliably in a live, mixed-traffic port environment.

Backed by the Connected Places Catapult's Freight Innovation Fund, the project will transport people, baggage and freight on a 1km journey portside. These activities will generate evidence on reliability, journey times, interventions, energy use and integration, providing transferable learning for future freight operations and proving out a host of environmental, cost and operational savings.

Auto-Shuttle is an electric powered autonomous transit vehicle, which has been fitted with more than 20 different LIDARs and sensors to help it navigate complex and shared paths/roads.

Portsmouth International Port contributes USD$534 million (£400m) to the national economy and supports 5200 jobs across the UK. It handles roughly 2.9m tonnes of goods, worth an estimated USD$10 billion (£7.5bn), every year and is home to both cruise ships and regular ferry/channel island routes.

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