Posted on 05/21/2019 5:01:53 PM PDT by ETL
The United States Postal Service is going autonomous. At least for a couple of deliveries.
San Diego-based self-driving truck startup TuSimple has won a contract to make five shipments for the agency between its Phoenix and Dallas hubs.
The 1,000-mile trips will use TuSimple’s semi, which is equipped with lidars, radars and cameras, including one that can see 1,000 meters [~2/3rd mile] in front of the truck.
The vehicle is capable of Level 4 autonomous driving, which means it can operate itself in most situations without any input from the safety engineer and driver that ride along during testing.
Nvidia-backed TuSimple currently has about a dozen prototype vehicles in operation making deliveries for paid customers and plans to have as many as 50 on the road later this year.
The company said the 22-hour route is the perfect demonstration for the potential benefits of the technology, because it typically requires two drivers in conventional trucks.
The USPS is currently evaluating a variety of autonomous technologies in an effort to increase driver safety, reduce fuel costs, and boost productivity, according to a Postmaster General report on the topic.
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So when it drives through a swarm of love bugs and all radars are covered ..what then ?
Wow, your memory goes back to 1971...I’m impressed.
That was Spielberg’s biggest stinker.
You mean moneywise? At the box office? Because it was pretty darn good in my view. I don’t care what’s considered “popular”. A whole lot of what I see as total garbage is considered popular, then and even more so today.
So a regular truck needs a single driver, but a driverless truck requires a crew of two.
Lol!
Well, at least for now, in the experimental phase.
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