Demonstrator · Urban logistics
Waste collection that moves to the water.
The Waste Container is an autonomous waste-collection vessel, a quiet, round-the-clock alternative to heavy road-based garbage trucks. It moves refuse over the water, away from crowded streets.
- Built with
- MIT + AMS Institute
- Year
- 2023
- Operation
- Around the clock, over water
- Class
- Waste collection vessel
Off the streets
Heavy trucks, off the streets.
Old city centres choke on garbage trucks: heavy, loud, and squeezed down streets never built for them. The canal network runs right past the same doorways, an alternative artery for moving waste quietly and out of the way.
Around the clock
Collection that runs day and night.
Built on the same automation stack as the rest of the fleet, the vessel can work outside the hours that suit trucks, with situational awareness on the water and a human supervising as autonomy is earned.
Partners
- Vetus
- Torqeedo
- Murata
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