An airside vehicle system 10 comprising a lead self-propelled airside vehicle 1001 and a follower self-propelled airside vehicle 1002, wherein the lead vehicle 1001 comprises a sensing system to provide at least one sensing output and is configured to process the output to provide autonomous control signals to itself. The lead vehicle 1001 is further configured to receive input from an operator and to process the input to enable operation of the lead vehicle 1001 in a manual mode. The follower vehicle 1002 is configured to follow a path of the lead vehicle 1001 when the lead vehicle 1001 operates in the autonomous mode and the manual mode. Further aspects disclose attaching a seat and manual controls to the airside vehicle. This may be used for baggage or cargo handling systems at airports. This invention has the advantage of allowing an airside vehicle system to continue to operate when the ability of the system to operate autonomously is compromised, for example when adverse weather conditions affect a sensing system of one or more vehicles of the system.


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    Title :

    An airside vehicle system and a method of operating an airside vehicle system


    Publication date :

    2021-09-01


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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