ZF cubiX vehicle motion control for commercial vehicles
cubiX interfaces with all virtual driver systems and the vehicle actuators to ensure required safety, precision and vehicle performance in challenging driving scenarios such as freight yards or ports, where there is more scope to deploy automated technologies compared to public roads.
ZF’s advanced motion control system, cubiX, has been extended to commercial vehicles. The product portfolio was originally developed and successfully in series production for the passenger car sector. ZF aims to create a holistic offering for advanced vehicle motion control.
“It was obvious for us to expand our software platform portfolio for Vehicle Motion Control to meet the needs of commercial vehicles,” explained Holger Klein, CEO of the ZF Group. “It has always been one of ZF’s strengths and competitive advantages to adapt innovative technologies that we initially developed for one mobility application to several segments.”
How the ZF cubic motion control system works
cubiX interfaces with all virtual driver systems and the vehicle actuators to ensure required safety, precision and vehicle performance in challenging driving scenarios such as freight yards or ports, where there is more scope to deploy automated technologies compared to public roads. Thus, cubiX for commercial vehicles is an enabling technology for higher level automation. Automating vehicle movements in freight yards and ports can greatly increase efficiency and productivity, while addressing key issues impacting the logistics industry such as ongoing driver shortages, especially for night-time operations.
The software has been tested in the field under real-life conditions and has already proved to be highly effective in a recent long-term pilot study in Germany, where cubiX was successfully deployed in a freight yard.
