autonomous trucking
Outrider puts the (robotic) arm to autonomous yard trucks
Disconnecting brake and electric lines from yard tractors and connecting them to semi-trailer and chassis happens 6 billion times annually in 10 million tractor-trailers around the world.
To move these trailers, truck drivers manually connect pressurized brake lines to trailers. That releases the parking brake, allowing trailers to move around the yard. Getting in and out of yard trucks that transition trailers from dock doors to parking spots to public roads is constant.
There’s a robot for thatN...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/outrider-puts-the-robotic-arm-to-autonomous-yard-trucks
Plus highly automated driving solution draws rave reviews at ATA 2022 MCE
Truck drivers, industry executives and fleet owners responded with enthusiasm to the PlusDrive highly automated driving solution on display during last week’s American Trucking Associations 2022 Management Conference & Exhibition (MCE), where self-driving tech company Plus offered ride-and-drives showcasing its path-breaking commercially available product.
“The experience was like no other,” said a long-haul truck driver, mentor and trainer with 28 years of experience. He was hesitant at first...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/plus-highly-automated-driving-solution-draws-rave-reviews-at-ata
On the road with PlusDrive: Lessons from mass deployment of a highly automated driving trucking solution
Autonomous trucking technology companies share the belief that driverless big rigs will help alleviate many of the industry’s biggest problems, from driver shortages and turnover rates to rising insurance, fuel and labor costs.
Where competitors diverge is in their commercialization strategies. Most startups and OEMs are holding off on delivering an automated trucking solution until the technology is safe enough to operate in full driverless mode – that is, without a human driver behind the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/on-the-road-with-plusdrive-lessons-from-mass-deployment
Truck Tech: Daum straight edition
Martin Daum rarely equivocates. The CEO of Daimler Truck sets courses the trucking industry often follows. If you ask him a question, expect a straight answer. We did. And so did he.
When Martin Daum talks …Martin Daum is one of those people for whom a paraphrase of the famous line from the 1970s TV commercials by investment bank EF Hutton applies. When the CEO of Daimler Truck talks, the global trucking industry listens.
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-daum-straight-edition
Stevens Trucking Selects Locomation to Deploy its Autonomous Truck Service; Will Boost Capacity, Increase Market Share, Reduce Emissions
Locomation, a leading provider of autonomous trucking technology solutions, today announced an eight-year agreement with Stevens Trucking Company of El Reno, Oklahoma, one of North America’s premier freight carriers. Locomation has previously signed contracts with Wilson Logistics, PGT Trucking, and Christenson Transportation. Stevens currently operates throughout the continental United States with its primary activity in Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.
Using Locomation’s...
Daimler Truck names new CEO for autonomous subsidiary Torc Robotics
Daimler Truck is installing its own CEO to lead Torc Robotics, ending a 17-year era of Michael Fleming’s leadership. The move folds the independent subsidiary further into the world’s largest truck maker.
Peter Vaughan Schmidt, currently head of Daimler Truck’s Autonomous Technology Group, will become Torc CEO on Oct. 1, Daimler Truck and Torc said Thursday.
Fleming co-founded Torc in 2005 while a graduate student at Virginia Tech. It became part of Daimler in 2019 when the truck maker acquired a...
Aurora adds Schneider to autonomous pilot customer list
Aurora Innovation is adding freight giant Schneider to a growing list of fleets testing its Aurora Driver autonomous trucking software.
“Understanding more about an autonomous future is the logical next step to build a network that continues to deliver the best service for our customers,” Rob Reich, Schneider executive vice president and chief administrative officer, said in a press release.
Schneider (NYSE: SNDR) hauls 19,318 loads per day for America’s biggest companies covering more than 9.3...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aurora-adds-schneider-to-autonomous-pilot-customer-list
PlusDrive’s Semi-Autonomous Capabilities Improve Safety, Enhance Driver Comfort, and Optimize Fuel Economy
Heavy traffic tied to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles provided ideal conditions for showcasing the sophisticated capabilities of PlusDrive, a supervised autonomous trucking solution on display during ACT Expo, the nation’s premier transportation technology and clean fleet conference.
“We ran into trucks, containers and all kinds of traffic. We tested the merge and lane change features. They all worked well,” said one attendee who test drove a PlusDrive-equipped day cab during the...
Uber Freight and Waymo Via envision autonomous trucking for all
Uber Freight and Waymo Via are working together to map out what widespread autonomous trucking will look like.
The digital freight broker and autonomous trucking software developer describe the partnership as a deep collaboration aimed at what Uber Freight head Lior Ron called the “democratization” of autonomy.
Most autonomous trucking today involves software developers testing their products with large fleets on interstates in the Southwest known for long, flat stretches of roads and favorable...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-freight-and-waymo-via-envision-autonomous-trucking-for-all