The UK's first autonomous bus has been unveiled at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre, where it carried passengers on a short route. The Level 4 bus was developed by Alexander Dennis and Stagecoach Group in partnership with Fusion Processing, which supplied the autonomous controls via its CAVstar control and sensing system. It will be among five buses participating in the Innovate UK-funded pilot CAVForth starting mid-2020, running a 15-mile route with a human back-up driver between Fife and Edinburgh.
The UK's first autonomous bus has been unveiled at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre, where it carried passengers on a short route. The Level 4 bus was developed by Alexander Dennis and Stagecoach Group in partnership with Fusion Processing, which supplied the autonomous controls via its CAVstar control and sensing system. It will be among five buses participating in the Innovate UK-funded pilot CAVForth starting next year, running a 15-mile route with a human back-up driver between Fife and Edinburgh.