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Mothership: A Two-Tier Autonomous Refuse Collection System for Pedestrian Campuses

Mothership proposes a two-tier autonomous refuse collection system in which an electric compaction truck carries two low-speed sidewalk robots, RoboCarts, that fetch and deliver standard two-wheel bins to the truck, return them to their positions, and re-dock for charging. A discrete-event simulation over synthetic campus layouts at 2-16 bins/ha quantified throughput: a two-cart configuration serves 20-29 bins/h, while three to four carts can reach 35-49 bins/h at an 80 m docking radius; the optimal docking radius must be chosen together with fleet size.

Part of the event: Proposal of a two-tier autonomous campus waste collection system, Mothership

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