APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FLEET CONTROL WHEN UNMANNED AND MANNED VEHICLES TRAVEL TOGETHER

An apparatus and a method for fleet control when manned and unmanned vehicles travel together, and prevents mutual interference when manned vehicles simultaneously travel with unmanned vehicles on the same traveling course. To this end, in the apparatus, the unmanned vehicle includes an unmanned vehicle position detecting device, an unmanned vehicle transmitter/receiver, and an unmanned vehicle controller. The manned vehicle includes a manned vehicle position detecting device, a manned vehicle transmitter/receiver, a manned vehicle controller), and an alarm device. The manned vehicle controller compares unmanned vehicle position data and manned vehicle position data, and outputs an alarm signal for avoiding the unmanned vehicle when the unmanned vehicle travels ahead of the manned vehicle and the distance up to the unmanned vehicle is shorter than a predetermined value.