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Singapore explores use of driverless vehicles for street cleaning and rubbish collection
22nd of November 2016
Driverless vehicles could be used to clean the streets and clear rubbish in Singapore, after two government agencies jointly called a Request for Information (RFI) exercise seeking the industry's views.
The RFI, issued by the National Environment Agency (NEA) and Ministry of Transport (MOT), is for the design and development of self-driving multipurpose utility vehicles for street cleaning and refuse collection in public spaces.
"We hope to seek information from the industry, institutes of higher learning and research institutes on how we could leverage new technology to improve the productivity of public cleaning," the agencies said in a press release.
"In the longer term, boosting the productivity levels in the delivery of public services will bring about cost and time savings and better deployment of manpower resources," they added.
The adoption of new technology is also necessary to achieve more sustainable public cleaning and waste collection services, and in line with the Committee of Autonomous Road Transport for Singapore's vision of deploying self-driving technology, the release said.
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