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The Potential Impact of Automation on the Trucking Industry
1:32:01 - 1:42:51 (10:50)
The trucking industry is highly fragmented with surprisingly small percentage of the overall market captured by the top 10 or 50 fleets. Automation and logistics may have a generalized capability of changing the industry if the one constraint in the network can be resolved.
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The trucking industry is incredibly fragmented, with the top 10 or top 50 fleets capturing a surprisingly small percentage of the overall market.
1:32:01 - 1:39:51 (07:49)
Summary
The trucking industry is incredibly fragmented, with the top 10 or top 50 fleets capturing a surprisingly small percentage of the overall market. However, there is potential for automation and logistics to revolutionize the industry in the future.
ChapterThe Potential Impact of Automation on the Trucking Industry
Episode#241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
In order to determine the safety limits of trucks and trailers, a testing facility takes them to the extreme by pushing them beyond their safe physical bounds, although it is difficult to replicate normal driving conditions that can make a truck rollover or exceed its limits.
1:39:52 - 1:41:36 (01:44)
Summary
In order to determine the safety limits of trucks and trailers, a testing facility takes them to the extreme by pushing them beyond their safe physical bounds, although it is difficult to replicate normal driving conditions that can make a truck rollover or exceed its limits.
ChapterThe Potential Impact of Automation on the Trucking Industry
Episode#241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Developing autonomous technology for trucks presents unique challenges such as differing platform types, sensor requirements, and blind spots.
1:41:36 - 1:42:51 (01:15)
Summary
Developing autonomous technology for trucks presents unique challenges such as differing platform types, sensor requirements, and blind spots. However, Waymo aims to capture these special cases as augmentations of their existing tech stack and minimize uniqueness to increase leverage.