Tiremaker Bridgestone Americas will integrate its smart-sensing technologies into autonomous trucks from Kodiak Robotics and make an undisclosed minority investment in the startup software developer..
The partnership announced Wednesday includes an observer role for the Japan-based company on San Francisco Bay area-based Kodiak’s board of directors. Kodiak hauls freight on Texas freeways with high-autonomy software monitored by a safety driver.
“Automated vehicles offer benefits to commercial...