Use case 16 Earn nowRetrofit · 64 GB Mac mini
Memory and handovers for baggage robots, tugs and terminal automation: recurring delays, equipment faults, shift continuity.
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Autonomous baggage tractors run at Toulouse, Narita and Changi; autonomous dolly-tugs are being commercialised; container terminals run vendor-agnostic automation software at huge scale. Their systems optimise the move in front of them; the recurring delay at stand 14, and what each shift agreed about it, is not their product.
Machines and chips in use: Driverless tow tractors (TractEasy EZTow, Aurrigo Auto-DollyTug) with lidar-based navigation; automated terminal equipment run by Kalmar One.
| Solution | Type | Machine and chip | Where its AI thinks | Lasting memory | Offline | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PrismaticWe make it | Lasting local mind (never controls motion or safety) | Mac mini M5 Pro 64 GB as the site's control centre (retrofit) | Local only Measured | Lasting memory with sources, receipts and handover Measured | Yes Measured | US$19 per vehicle a month, unlimited turns; 64 GB Mac mini (M5 Pro) about US$2,699 once per site (proposed sector licence) Estimate |
| Auto-DollyTug · Aurrigo | Autonomous baggage and cargo tug | Electric autonomous vehicle | Onboard autonomy Reported | Not disclosed Not disclosed | Yes (airside autonomy) Reported | Not disclosed Not disclosed |
| Kalmar One · Kalmar | Terminal automation software | Equipment-agnostic; runs automated terminals | Not disclosed Not disclosed | Operational data Reported | Not disclosed Not disclosed | Not disclosed Not disclosed |
| TractEasy EZTow · TractEasy (TLD + EasyMile) | Driverless baggage tractor | EasyMile autonomy | Onboard autonomy Published | Not disclosed Not disclosed | Yes Published | Not disclosed Not disclosed |
Sector price: US$19 per vehicle a month, unlimited. Proposed list prices in US dollars; change the numbers and everything updates.
What this sector pays today: Ground and fleet vehicle telematics US$27-60 per vehicle a month (Samsara) (Reported, source). That is often a whole product; Prismatic adds the lasting local memory beside it. Hardware is bought by you from Apple or NVIDIA. Electricity at 14.2¢/kWh around the clock. Prices are proposals until the first customer agrees them. How Prismatic is licensed
Minutes of delay that repeat at the same place or time.
How it works: cost = turns × 365 × share × minutes × cost per minute.
One card per solution. Strengths first; gaps are about this job, not about the product being bad.
Our review. Award-winning airside autonomy being commercialised worldwide with Aviation Solutions.
Gaps for this job. Moves bags; operational memory is elsewhere.
Sources: aurrigo.com · aurrigo.com
Our review. Proven at the world's largest automated terminals; now standalone and vendor-agnostic.
Gaps for this job. Optimises operations; not a memory of human decisions and handovers.
Sources: kalmarglobal.com · globenewswire.com
Our review. The most-deployed autonomous tow tractor, fully driverless at Toulouse and Level 4 in Japan.
Gaps for this job. Driving is the job; shift memory is not.
Sources: tracteasy.com · tracteasy.com
The maker's view · the chart above is unchanged
Host: Mac mini M5 Pro 64 GB as the site's control centre (retrofit).
Hosts. Prismatic runs on a 64 GB Mac mini (M5 Pro) beside machines that already work, and is carried next into new machines on the Jetson AGX Orin 64 GB, the host for greenfield sites.
Licence here (proposed sector price, US$): US$19 per vehicle a month, unlimited turns. What this sector pays today: Ground and fleet vehicle telematics US$27-60 per vehicle a month (Samsara) Reported source. Design-partner pilot: US$5,000 for 90 days, credited in full to the first year's licence. How Prismatic is licensed
Status: Runs today on the prototype; connectors to ground-handling and terminal systems are to build. Features used: PPAI gateway, Recurrences, Shift handover, Work orders, Receipt ledger / audit.
A day with it: Night ops sees tug 7 failed to dock at stand 14 three times; a work order goes to maintenance with evidence.
Genesis Blueprint · Project blueprint (PRD)
Baggage robots, tugs and terminal automation with shift continuity and memory of every recurring delay. A baggage-hall reliability programme for one terminal is a 90-day project.
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Scores are first-pass hypotheses from general industry knowledge (UseCase file 05), not researched market sizes.
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Retrofit sites pay first on a 64 GB Mac mini (M5 Pro) beside machines that already work. Greenfield machines carry the same mind inside, on the Jetson AGX Orin 64 GB, licensed per machine. The horizon (blackouts, wilderness, space) is where a mind that needs no cloud is not a feature but the point.
Onboard compute of the tow tractors.
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