Probably not as good as the Snowman, lol.
Posted on 12/29/2021 7:15:48 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
A semitruck completed an 80-mile route in Arizona with no human on board and no human intervention during the trip using technology developed by TuSimple, the company said Wednesday.
The nighttime trip earlier this month started at a railyard in Tucson, Arizona and ended at a distribution center in Phoenix with approval and supervision from the Arizona Department of Transportation and law enforcement.
A lead vehicle scouted the route for unexpected obstacles about five miles ahead of the autonomous semi, and a trailing vehicle following about one-half mile behind the truck was prepared to intervene if necessary, along with several unmarked police vehicles.
Founded in 2015, TuSimple says it has 70 autonomous trucks globally and two million miles of road testing completed.
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Get used to it.
Probably not as good as the Snowman, lol.
Movin On the next next next generation.
Because autonomous vehicles have worked out so well for tesla
https://www.firstpost.com › tech › th...
The recent Tesla car crash is proof that self-driving cars are still a long way off
Sorry...see it here
The nighttime trip earlier this month started at a railyard in Tucson, Arizona and ended at a distribution center in Phoenix ...
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It’s inevitable. Think of the truck moving from point A to point B as a sort of horizontal elevator. You push the button to input a destination, and off it goes. I would not be surprised if most truck deliveries were automated within the next 15 years and most passenger vehicles fully automated within 20. There will be the inevitable disasters in A-I learning along the way as with any technology, but it’s inevitable.
I for one look forward to the day where my own car has a built-in “chauffeur” autopilot. I would not even have to worry about parking. The car could drop me off and come back at an appointed time. While riding, I could chill out, take a nap, or watch a video.
Just as automobiles would never amount to anything because they scared the horses.
—”Because autonomous vehicles have worked out so well for tesla”
NB:
Teslas are NOT autonomous; they are NOT FSD.
Not by a long shot.
They are SAE Level 2, FSD is Level 5.
Do you have cruise control on your ride?
Slightly better than a clamp that holds the twistgrip.
They have been here for a while this is not new. And its not hard. One interstate the whole way. No ice or snow. Probably no rain either. It was night so the traffic was probably nil as well. Other companies have done the same with or without drivers just sitting in the cab not driving.
And when they break down I’m sure they send a signal to a local tow truck company that will tow it to a local diesel mechanic who won’t know how to fix the damn thing.
“Do you have cruise control on your ride?
Slightly better than a clamp that holds the twistgrip”
Sold my bike this summer......got too dangerous out there with all the autonomous vehicles running around.
About 5000 people are killed every year in accidents involving semis. Not like they have to be perfect.
Hmm...this is the first run of a class 8 truck public roads with *no* *driver* - and it is hard. That they’ve started with an ‘easier’ route is just a risk reducer. It doesn’t mean that it isn’t capable of several maneuvers to handle different scenarios.
Others still require drivers in the vehicle.
Budweiser has been doing that since 2016.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=budweiser+automated+truck&t=h_&ia=web
There will be a whole industry built on getting driverless vehicles repaired or towed. But absolutely driverless vehicles will a reality. Anyone can order a Tesla today and have it pull out of a parking spot, drive to your location, have you get in, and do almost nothing while it drives you to a destination. In a decade it will be probably be rare to see a truck driver on a long interstate drive.
Yeah, but there are 5 million auto crashes in the US each year. 33,000 of those crashes are fatal.
So Tesla has one wreck. Seems like they are being judged by an impossible standard.
—”I for one look forward to the day where my own car has a built-in “chauffeur” autopilot. “
Built-in “chauffeur” autopilot!!!
I want it!
As a young septuagenarian, my RT (Reaction Time) can be measured on a kitchen clock.
Our #1 son lives 50 miles distant... Read, nap, FR... like on the train but without all the loudmouths on their phones!
And I can adjust the seat.
And no need for a cab in bad weather for the last few blocks.
—”Sold my bike this summer...”
My Airhead BMW does not get many miles anymore...
—”local diesel mechanic who won’t know how to fix the damn thing.”
Where is shown not to be a diesel truck?
Not many non-ICE semis around?
From your link, the A-B truck had a human in the cab and he drove the non-highway sections.
“The human who piloted the truck from Anheuser-Busch to the highway shifted to the back of the cab until the truck exited the highway.”
The TuSimple truck had no humans... but biden claims to have been a truck driver...
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