COAST Autonomous Announces Partnership with Kalmar to Accelerate the Development of Robotic Solutions for Ports, Terminals, and Distribution Centers
Initial phase sees COAST self-driving technology integrated into Kalmar terminal tractors
Kalmar RoboTractor autonomized by COAST
Pasadena, CA, January 5th, 2022. COAST Autonomous, Inc. (“COAST”) announced today that it has signed a joint development agreement to accelerate the development and launch of robotic solutions across Kalmar’s mobile equipment offering. To emphasize the common long-term interests of the partnership, Kalmar has become a minority shareholder of COAST.
Kalmar is the global market leading manufacturer of container handling equipment for ports, terminals, distribution centers and heavy industry, with one in four container movements around the globe being handled by a Kalmar solution. The joint development agreement and investment in COAST follows the recent introduction of the Kalmar Robotic Portfolio – a future range of intelligent, flexible, and autonomous mobile equipment solutions designed to improve safety, eco-efficiency and productivity of cargo and material handling.
In the initial phase, the partnership between Kalmar and COAST will focus on the autonomous driving functionality of the Kalmar RoboTractor - an autonomous terminal tractor.
Kalmar Robotic Portfolio
Lasse Eriksson, Vice President, Technology at Kalmar: “Partnership between Kalmar and COAST Autonomous highlights the importance of collaboration in our industry, especially in the area of robotics. COAST’s unique technology that addresses safety on each level and the broad experience in autonomous driving solutions provides us with a great opportunity to accelerate the robotisation journey and the launch of Kalmar Robotic Portfolio. As safety is the key criteria in everything we do at Kalmar, we are excited about the collaboration with COAST and the opportunity to integrate their safe autonomous driving solutions that will enable autonomous operation in mixed-traffic environments in the future.”
To see the Kalmar RoboTractor operating with COAST self-driving technology click here
Adrian Sussmann, President and CFO, COAST Autonomous: “Our technologists have been focused, for over twenty years, on developing safe autonomous vehicle systems for pedestrian and industrial environments. The collaboration with Kalmar is the perfect application for our technology and we are excited to integrate our robotic solutions into their best-in-class vehicles, bringing improved safety and efficiency to the market. To work with the market leading OEM in ports and terminal operations is an amazing opportunity and a wonderful endorsement of our unique approach. We are at the dawn of a new era in robotics and the partnership with Kalmar validates our belief that safe autonomous vehicles will proliferate rapidly in industrial settings providing tremendous benefit and value for all.”
About Kalmar
Kalmar offers the widest range of cargo handling solutions and services to ports, terminals, distribution centers and to heavy industry. Kalmar is the industry forerunner in terminal automation and in energy efficient container handling, with one in four container movements around the globe being handled by a Kalmar solution. Through its extensive product portfolio, global service network and ability to enable a seamless integration of different terminal processes, Kalmar improves the efficiency of every move. www.kalmarglobal.com
Kalmar is part of Cargotec. Cargotec's (Nasdaq Helsinki: CGCBV) sales in 2020 totalled approximately EUR 3.3 billion and it employs around 11,000 people. www.cargotec.com
