Posted on 03/30/2022 12:29:31 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
A new study by researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh offers insight of how and where automation might replace operator hours in long-haul trucking.
The study found that 94 percent of operator hours may be impacted if automated trucking technology improves to operate in all weather conditions across the continental U.S. Currently, automated testing is mainly being tested in the sun belt states due to the more predictable and less harsh weather.
Sun belt states include Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.
“Our results suggest that the impacts of automation may not happen all at once,” says Parth Vaishnav, study co-author and assistant professor of sustainable systems at the U-M School for Environment and Sustainability. “If automation is restricted to Sun Belt states — because the technology may not initially work well in rough weather — about 10 percent of the operator hours will be affected.”
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I watch some trucker videos and there is no way a truck will be automated. Same for cars. Too many variables.
Disaster awaits.
Automating some things certainly; electric starters instead of hand cranks, electronic ignition instead of manual spark advance, automatic chokes instead of manual, intermittent wipers, etc.
On the other hand, the great idea of an automatic transmission didn't make for better drivers but instead allowed worse drivers to get behind the wheel.
The more automobile functions are automated, the more ID-10-Ts get behind the wheel and behave like semi-passengers instead of drivers.
Dr. Detroit?
Artificial Intelligence is not intelligence. It is intricate if/then stimulus/response programming.
Good guess but no. (good movie though)
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