MainThesis

Making the physical world autonomy-ready.

Figure 1. The machine-readable profile of a marine terminal: geometry, zones, the approved route from gate to bay, and the no-go region, encoded for any autonomy stack.
Abstract

Autonomy rarely fails in the open lane. It fails at the gate, in the crowded, unmapped, rule-bound spaces where freight is actually handled. We map those spaces. Each dock and yard becomes a profile of its geometry and the rules that govern it: speed zones, right-of-way, staging, no-go areas and access permissions. The result travels with the truck, and the truck arrives knowing the site cold.

Method

From an unmapped lot to an autonomy-ready facility, in three movements.

I · Survey
Capture the site

We record each facility's geometry to centimeter truth: bays, lanes, curbs, fixed obstacles and gradients, without a survey crew permanently on site.

II · Profile
Encode the rules

Geometry becomes logic. Speed zones, right-of-way, staging aprons, no-go regions and access permissions are written into a single, versioned record.

III · Deploy
Ship the profile

The profile flows to any autonomy stack, TMS or safety case. The truck arrives prepared, with no manual onboarding and no first-day uncertainty.

Listing 1
facility-profile.jsonvalidated
"facility_id": "DOCK-04-SF",
"bays": [ "B01","B02","B03","B04","B05","B06" ],
"zones": {
"staging_a": "speed=8kph, yield=true",
"no_go_3": "access=denied",
"gate_2": "permission=manifest"
},
"onboarding_required": false
Listing 1. A single facility profile: portable, versioned, and read identically by an autonomy stack and a safety reviewer.
Coverage
Port & marine terminalsi
Distribution centersii
Intermodal rail yardsiii
Cross-dock & stagingiv
Get autonomy-ready
Onboard a facility.
BEGIN A PROFILE