Kodiak Robotics

Kodiak Robotics makes autonomous pickup for military

Kodiak Robotics delivered a prototype of an autonomously equipped Ford F-150 pickup to the U.S. military, showing it can adapt its robotic driving system to a light-duty vehicle as well as a heavy-duty truck.

The F-150 upfitted with the Kodiak Driver contains both the autonomy hardware and software required to operate a military ground vehicle. The vehicle is designed to handle complex military environments, diverse operational conditions and operate in areas where GPS is sketchy. 

The vehicle...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kodiak-robotics-makes-autonomous-pickup-for-military

Autonomous trucking: ‘What’s love got to do with it?’ 

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Lior Ron is a fan of autonomous trucking. You might even say the head of Uber Freight loves the idea...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/autonomous-trucking-whats-love-got-to-do-with-it

Aurora opens driverless trucking route in Texas amid autonomous jitters

Aurora Innovation has christened the nation’s first commercial autonomous freight route between Dallas and Houston. But its timing could have been better.

“With this corridor’s launch, we’ve defined, refined, and validated the framework for the expansion of our network with the largest partner ecosystem in the autonomous trucking industry,” Sterling Anderson, an Aurora co-founder and chief product officer, said in a news release.

The choice of the Interstate 45 route was expected. Aurora has...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aurora-opens-driverless-trucking-route-in-texas-amid-autonomous-jitters

Outrider hiring globally for launch of autonomous distribution yards

Outrider Inc. founder and CEO Andrew Smith is the very definition of deliberate. Each robotic advance his company has made to a dangerous or dirty job in a distribution yard builds on another. Since raising $73 million in a Series C round in January, he’s been growing his team.

“While a lot of folks were pulling back on developing their teams, we’ve continued to build out Outrider’s leadership position in both safety technology and deep learning, or AI, for industrial systems,” Smith told me...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/outrider-hiring-globally-for-launch-of-autonomous-distribution-yards

Maersk and Kodiak Robotics launch commercial autonomous trucking lane in US

Maersk and Kodiak Robotics have launched the first commercial autonomous trucking lane between Houston and Oklahoma City.

The collaboration between the two companies began in November 2022 as part of Maersk’s Global Innovation Center Program. Kodiak has been delivering eight loads per week, with a safety driver behind the wheel, for Maersk customers since August.

Additionally, Kodiak and Maersk are completing four round trips per week on a 24-hour-a-day, four-day-a-week basis between a Houston...

https://container-news.com/maersk-and-kodiak-robotics-launch-commercial-autonomous-trucking-lane-in-us/

Governor vetoes autonomous trucking ban in California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed Teamsters-backed legislation to effectively ban heavy-duty driverless trucks in the state.

“Assembly Bill 316 is unnecessary for the regulation and oversight of heavy-duty autonomous vehicle technology in California. Existing law provides sufficient authority to create the appropriate regulatory framework,” Newsom wrote to the California Assembly on Friday, saying he would not sign the bill.

The veto maintains the status quo. Autonomous trucks over 10,001...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/governor-vetoes-autonomous-trucking-ban-in-california

Is TuSimple’s patent promo intended to find a buyer?

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In a video and blog post on LinkedIn, a media pitch and in overdue federal filings, TuSimple...

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Newsom leans toward allowing autonomous trucking in California

“And as the years go by

Our friendship will never die

You’re gonna see it’s our destiny

You’ve got a friend in me” — Randy Newman

The battle over whether to allow heavy-duty autonomous trucks on highways in California is coming to an end. It would be premature to call the outcome, but Gov. Gavin Newsom is lining up behind advanced technology over organized labor. Both are major constituent groups of the Democratic governor.

Assembly Bill 316 would effectively kill autonomous testing and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/newsom-leans-toward-allowing-autonomous-trucking-in-california

Loaded and Rolling: Kodiak Robotics, Pilot open 1st autonomous truckport

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Kodiak Robotics, Pilot open 1st autonomous truckport

(Image: Kodiak Robotics Inc./Pilot Co.)

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