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Autonomous Trucking and Depot Design
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The intelligence for autonomous trucking will mostly be on the truck, but for surface street capabilities, the team will be building the first ground-up designed autonomous truck depot, from which drivers don't need to move trucks around, but where the truck goes directly to the shipping container.
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Transfer hubs are being used as depots at entry points to metropolitan areas to simplify the process of autonomous trucking.
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Transfer hubs are being used as depots at entry points to metropolitan areas to simplify the process of autonomous trucking. They enable the automation of transfer hub to transfer hub routes, and the upcoming ground-up designed driverless hub will further integrate depot to depot operations for people and goods to be transported in a more seamless and automated manner.
ChapterAutonomous Trucking and Depot Design
Episode#241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The majority of intelligence in autonomous truck systems will be on the truck itself, with sensors potentially equipped in the hub.
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The majority of intelligence in autonomous truck systems will be on the truck itself, with sensors potentially equipped in the hub. Some companies are exploring the idea of Waymo-equipped autonomous trucks for certain routes with human drivers on non-autonomous routes.