A refuse vehicle,
built for autonomy.
Corvo is developing a full-size, cabless autonomous vehicle for residential refuse collection, with automated container handling designed into the platform.
Autonomy includes the collection task.
Driving the route is only part of the problem. Corvo is designing the system to position the vehicle, identify the container, extend the collection mechanism, and coordinate handling.
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Designed around the full collection cycle.
Residential collection joins route driving, curbside positioning, lateral reach, container handling, and onward travel in one repeated operating sequence.
Understand the route and surrounding scene.
Establish a feasible curbside collection stop.
Coordinate vehicle state, reach, lift, and return.
Stow the mechanism and proceed through the route.
Different by design.
The current concept combines a cabless form, approximately 25 yards of intended refuse capacity, electric actuation, and automated container handling.
- Cabless
- Vehicle packaging organized around collection rather than a driver compartment.
- Full-size
- Commercial refuse capacity rather than sidewalk-robot scale.
- Purpose-built
- The vehicle, reach mechanism, and autonomy problem considered together.
Building in Rochester.
Corvo is in development and assembling an early team around the vehicle, autonomy system, and collection task.
United States
Build with Corvo.
Work on the physical vehicle, autonomy system, and residential collection cycle as one engineering problem.
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