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Singapore to explore driverless vehicles for streets cleaning

Xinhua, October 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) and Ministry of Transport (MOT) on Monday asked for the design and development of driverless vehicles for streets cleaning and rubbish clearing, local media reported on Monday.

The two governmental agencies hope to seek information from the industry, institutes of higher learning and research institutes on "how we could leverage new technology to improve the productivity of public cleaning," the Straits Times reported.

NEA and MOT said they are looking for "multi-purpose utility vehicles" which are in line with the Committee of Autonomous Road Transport for Singapore's vision for the deployment of self-driving technology.

The authorities added that boosting productivity levels in the delivery of public services will bring about cost and time savings and better deployment of manpower resources in the long term.

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