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Northwestern forest to be test bed for semi-autonomous logging truck trials Ottawa robotics system company ready to bring off-road, defence industry-proven technology to Marathon-area Crown management unit Feb 5, 2021 10:30 AM By: Ian Ross A chronic truck driver shortage and a thriving sawmill industry in northwestern Ontario have steered a Crown forest management corporation toward finding a high-tech, off-road solution. Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corpora...

THUNDER BAY – Robot trucks are coming to Northwestern Ontario in 2021.   Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation says it plans to use a pair autonomous logging trucks, led by an experienced driver in a third vehicle, on logging roads, to bring felled trees to nearby mills in the Pic and White River Forests, in partnership with Provectus Robotics Solutions Inc. Testing is expected to begin immediately and will be conducted throughout the spring and summer. “Bringing the advanced techn...