Robot Rides Are Going to Deliver Pizza and Parcels Before People
In the wait for self-driving technology, cellphone toting tech bros may have to cede their spot in line to pizzas, Craigslist couches and the mounting ephemera of e-commerce.
March 13, 2018Alphabet’s Waymo Takes on Freight in Atlanta With Driverless Semis
Waymo will start testing a fleet of autonomous freight trucks in Georgia’s capital that will take deliveries to Google’s data centers.
March 9, 2018Editorial: Industry Turns Gaze to Automation
Automated driving technology has been a consistently hot topic in the trucking industry over the past few years, but the glare of the spotlight was particularly bright last week at the Technology & Maintenance Council’s annual meeting and beyond.
March 9, 2018Minnesota Speeds Up Planning for Self-Driving Cars
Self-driving cars will eventually hit the pavement in Minnesota, and state officials want our roads and laws to be ready.
March 8, 2018TMC Explores Deployment of Automated Trucks
ATLANTA — Industry experts explored a variety of approaches for developing and deploying autonomous trucks and examined the evolving regulatory framework for this technology here at the annual meeting of the Technology & Maintenance Council.
March 8, 2018Starsky Robotics' Unmanned Truck Drives on Public Road in Florida
Along a rural stretch of sunny farmland in south-central Florida, a heavy-duty truck drove itself for seven miles on a public road with nobody on board the vehicle.
March 8, 2018Dyson Points to an Autonomous Future as Growth Continues
Dyson Ltd., best-known as a manufacturer of vacuum cleaners, hand driers and air filters, posted a surge in revenue driven by demand from Asia, and revealed a growing shift toward developing autonomous products.
March 6, 2018Humans Slapped and Shouted at Robot Cars in Two of Six California DMV Crash Reports This Year
The human response to possible takeover by robot overlords is off to a troubling start. Of six crash reports involving robot cars filed in California so far this year, two involved a human approaching the car and attacking it.
March 6, 2018Automated Driver Assistance Systems Helpful to Promote Safety, UPS Executive Says
ATLANTA — Automated driver assistance systems are tools the freight industry may utilize to enhance highway safety, a senior executive at UPS Inc. reminded executives at the Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting March 6.
March 6, 2018Uber’s Self-Driving Trucks Now Hauling Freight in Arizona
Uber Technologies Inc. announced that its self-driving commercial trucks are now conducting regular freight hauls in Arizona through the Uber Freight network.
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