Project

GLAD

Period
1 June 2020–30 September 2022
Project manager
Mikael Söderman

GLAD - Goods delivery under the Last-mile with Autonomous Driving vehicles

Small autonomous electric delivery vehicles (ADV) are expected to transform transportation of goods in the last and first mile. The advantages are increased transportation and energy effectiveness, but it is also important that these vehicles are safe and accepted in society. The GLAD project will develop an initial knowledge base on efficiency, safety and human experience of ADVs for the first and last mile delivery of goods in Sweden, and on how to create a balance between these three aspects from a socio-technical perspective.

Short facts

Research area
Road user behaviour
Financier(s)
Trafikverket
Partners
RISE
Aptiv
Combitech
Clean Motion
Halmstad University
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Project type
SAFER connected project

Related publications

Challenges and potential business applications of Automated Delivery Vehicle initiatives - a brief overview

This report addresses some of the driving forces behind the development of Automated Delivery Vehicles, (ADV), e.g. increased urbanization, increased e-commerce, demands for efficient transport and the demands to meet climate goals, national as well as

Authors : Gonzales, S., Sveder, C., Oscarsson, E., Jönsson, S.
Year : 2022

Automated delivery vehicles - what kind of vehicles are they and does it matter?, RISE report 2022:100

Autonomous delivery vehicles – what kind of vehicles are they and does it matter? The project GLAD – Goods deliveries during the last mile of self-driving vehicles explores how tomorrow's small autonomous delivery vehicles (ADV) could operate in the

Authors : Andersson, K.
Year : 2022

People’s understanding of external HMI and their experiences of interacting with an Automated Delivery Vehicle in a terminal context, RISE report 2022:133

This study investigated how the participants in a scenario of a terminal for goods handling perceived to interact with an automated delivery vehicle (ADV) for loading/unloading and how they understood the external Human Machine Interfaces (eHMI), i.e

Authors : Söderman, M., Clasen, R., Bergström, G., Collings, W.
Year : 2022

Development of self-driving and control room functions and of external HMI for Automated Delivery Vehicles, RISE report 2022:132

Road users may need additional information to a vehicle’s speed and position in lane to understand the behavior and intentions of self-driving vehicles, such as external Human Machine Interface (eHMI), i.e. visual signals (lights) indicating the vehicle's

Authors : Söderman, M., Clasen, R., Bergström, G., Collings, W.
Year : 2022

Typical and critical traffic situations with small electric delivery vehicles – indications for future automated delivery vehicles, RISE report 2022:130

This study investigated what typical traffic situations drivers of small manual delivery vehicles (MDV) are facing during their daily routes and how they handle these, sometimes critical, traffic situations. The purpose was to get an understanding of what

Authors : Söderman, M.
Year : 2022

Use cases and high-level requirements for safe interactions between Automated Delivery Vehicles and human operators in a terminal, RISE report 2022:131

Small electric Autonomous Delivery Vehicles (ADV) can play an important role in future logistic chains under the last mile deliveries. In terminals where ADV are loaded with goods it is important that the interactions between the ADVS and the goods

Authors : Söderman, M., Andersson, J., Habibovic, A.
Year : 2022

GLAD, Goods deliveries under the last mile with automated delivery vehicles - Summaries of the studies in the GLAD project, RISE report 2022:135

This is a summary of the studies that were carried out in the GLAD project (GLAD: Goods deliveries under the last mile with automated delivery vehicles). GLAD was a research and development project with the overall aim to gain knowledge about user needs as

Authors : Söderman, Mikael
Year : 2022