FIRST Robotics

Truck Tech: Autonomous dashboard edition

This week, an autonomous truck dashboard from KeyBanc; Embark Trucks’ co-founder gives his 2022 salary to future robot builders; Aurora’s case for symbiosis of car and truck autonomy; ZF’s really big brake job; and Great Dane’s sales boss says trailer repair shops are filling up as new equipment remains hard to get.

Autonomous dashboard

KeyBanc Capital Markets out of Cleveland published its first Autonomous Truck Technology Dashboard this week. It tracks public filings on the number of trucks,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-autonomous-dashboard-edition

They’re 26, once built robots — and are about to be very rich

SAN FRANCISCO — Alex Rodrigues built his first working robot in seventh grade when he was 11 years old. He co-founded self-driving trucking software company Embark Trucks at age 20. This week, at the ripe old age of 26, he and business partner Brandon Moak will become very, very rich if Embark begins public trading as anticipated. 

With an infectious laugh that can be heard throughout much of Embark’s headquarters, a renovated 85-year-old industrial building on Townsend Street downtown,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/theyre-26-once-built-robots-and-are-about-to-be-very-rich

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