{"id":176062,"date":"2025-10-03T08:29:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=176062"},"modified":"2025-10-03T08:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:29:29","slug":"heijmans-unveils-europes-first-self-driving-electric-road-roller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2025\/10\/03\/heijmans-unveils-europes-first-self-driving-electric-road-roller\/","title":{"rendered":"Heijmans onthult Europa's eerste zelfrijdende elektrische wegwals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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De Nederlandse bouwgigant Heijmans heeft naar eigen zeggen Europa's eerste autonome elektrische wegwals gelanceerd. Het prototype moet helpen het tekort aan arbeidskrachten aan te pakken en de uitstoot bij infrastructuurprojecten te verminderen.<\/p>\n

Heijmans is een van Nederlands grootste bouwbedrijven. Als onderdeel van de aangescherpte aanbestedingsregels is het bedrijf zijn zware machines gestaag aan het voorbereiden op zero-emissie gebruik, voornamelijk door het gebruik van batterij aangedreven alternatieven.<\/p>\n

Dringend nodig<\/h4>\n

Maar het bedrijf gaat nog een stap verder. Het bedrijf heeft een zelfrijdende elektrische wals onthuld waarvan het denkt dat deze de wegenbouw kan veranderen. Het prototype is ontwikkeld in samenwerking met robotspecialist Avular en is ontworpen om te werken zonder bestuurder in de cabine (zie onderstaande video). Het reageert op voorgeprogrammeerde instructies en past zijn prestaties in real-time aan. Het doet ons denken aan soortgelijke intelligente machines in de landbouwsector.<\/p>\n

Volgens Heijmans is de technologie dringend nodig. Door de vergrijzing en het aanhoudende tekort aan arbeidskrachten staan de Nederlandse infrastructuurprojecten onder druk. Maar de vraag naar onderhoud en upgrades van het enorme wegennet van het land blijft stijgen. Automatisering is dan ook geen gimmick, maar een praktische oplossing om projecten op schema en personeel veilig te houden.<\/p>\n

Constante kwaliteit<\/h4>\n

De wals controleert continu de asfalttemperatuur en verdichtingsniveaus en past indien nodig aan onder toezicht van een operator op afstand. Het weghalen van personeel van de werklocatie is ook bedoeld om het risico op ongevallen te verminderen, terwijl geautomatiseerde systemen goed zouden moeten zijn in het handhaven van een consistente kwaliteit. De machine is ook uitgerust met een noodremsysteem om de veiligheid te verhogen.<\/p>\n

Bart Smolders, hoofd van de infrastructuurdivisie van Heijmans, verklaarde dat het bedrijf niet in staat is om met traditionele methoden aan de toekomstige onderhoudsbehoeften te voldoen. \u2019Technologie stelt ons in staat om veiliger werk van hoge kwaliteit te leveren en tegelijkertijd vooruitgang te boeken op het gebied van onze duurzaamheidsdoelstellingen,\u201c zei hij.<\/p>\n

Het prototype wordt later deze maand gedemonstreerd op Schiphol. Als de tests succesvol blijken, zal in 2026 een productiemodel worden toegevoegd aan de asfaltploegen van Heijmans. Op de langere termijn is het de bedoeling dat machinisten meerdere machines tegelijk kunnen co\u00f6rdineren, waardoor het aantal personeelsleden dat nodig is voor een ploeg mogelijk wordt gehalveerd. Het bedrijf onderzoekt al vergelijkbare automatisering voor asfalteermachines en andere apparatuur.<\/p>\n

Geen rook, geen lawaai<\/h4>\n

Milieuvoordelen staan centraal in het project. De wals werkt op batterijen, produceert geen uitlaatgassen en maakt minder lawaai dan door diesel aangedreven apparatuur. Dat maakt hem beter geschikt voor wegwerkzaamheden in dichtbevolkte gebieden, vooral 's nachts, waar lawaai en luchtkwaliteit gevoelige onderwerpen zijn.<\/p>\n

Naast het autonoom rijdende prototype heeft het bedrijf een volledig elektrische asfalteermachine, een compacte wals, een elektrische bitumensproeier van Volvo en graafmachines op batterijen, vari\u00ebrend van een omgebouwde Liebherr A916 mobiele graafmachine tot een 40-tons Doosan DX355LC rupsgraafmachine die is uitgerust met een verwisselbare batterij voor langere diensten.<\/p>\n

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