Self-driving vehicles, AI solutions: Sats lays out smarter future

Future passengers at Changi Airport could get a glimpse of self-driving vehicles ferrying workers from one location to another.

- Annabelle Liang Correspondent

A platform powered by artificial intelligence determining the most efficient way to deploy autonomous vehicles and their handlers, taking into account the tasks at hand and flight schedules, is part of a vision laid out by ground handler and in-flight caterer Sats in its Hub Handler of the Future programme. PHOTO: SATS

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On the backend, autonomous vehicles (AVs) are ina flurry of activity, moving baggage loads from air freight terminals to passenger terminals, and from the terminals to the aircraft.

Meanwhile, a platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI) determines the most efficient way to deploy the AVs and their handlers, taking into account the tasks at hand and flight schedules.

This was part of a vision laid out by Singapore-listed ground handler and in-flight caterer Sats in its Hub Handler of the Future programme, unveiled on Oct 29.

Mr Henry Low, chief executive of Sats Singapore Hub, did not give a timeline for the programme, but said it was aimed at meeting the emerging needs of airports designed for high-capacity passenger and cargo operations.