Case Study: Advanced Smart Mobility achieves high-precision autonomous mass-transport positioning with Trimble

Enabling Autonomous Mass Transportation Vehicles

Advanced Smart Mobility, a venture formed with the University of Tokyo, is developing autonomous buses and trucks to address Japan’s severe driver shortage and create a smart public transportation system that works in urban, suburban and mountainous regions. For this R&D effort the company needed reliable, high‑accuracy vehicular localization that performs 24/7 in all environments and weather conditions.

To meet that need ASM selected Trimble’s precision GNSS + inertial positioning solutions—BX940 enclosures with BD940‑INS and Zephyr 3 Rover antennas, leveraging RTK with VRS and network services—for seamless integration and robust real‑time positioning. The Trimble system delivered pinpoint, continuous localization across challenging environments, accelerating development and operational testing of autonomous mass‑transportation vehicles.

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