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Newsby StaffSeptember 16, 2019

UD Trucks Conducts Japan’s First Autonomous Truck Test on Public Roads

A UD truck equipped with a Level 4 autonomous control system has made Japan’s first-ever trip over public roads, delivering sugar beets to a refining mill on the northern island of Hokkaido.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 9, 2019

Daimler Begins Testing Automated Trucks on Public Roads

Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics are actively developing and testing automated trucks with SAE Level 4-intent technology on public roads.

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Truck Techby Jack RobertsSeptember 6, 2019

Short-Sighted Thinking at the FCC

As the possibilities of connected and autonomous vehicles become clearer, the head of the Federal Communications Commission wants to pull the plug on a dedicated Wi-Fi spectrum for vehicle-to-vehicle communications.

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Newsby StaffAugust 27, 2019

Autonomous-Vehicle Developer Charged with Theft of Trade Secrets

The U.S. Department of Justice announced 33 charges of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets against ex-Google engineer and Pronto AI founder Anthony Levandowski.

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Articlesby Jack RobertsAugust 27, 2019

Q&A: Starsky Robotics Founder on the Digitization of Freight and Autonomous Trucks

Heavy Duty Trucking spoke with Starsky Robotics founder and CEO about how he sees the concept of autonomous trucks as a complete technology infrastructure-- as opposed to a stand-alone vehicle control system.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeAugust 27, 2019

Tom McLeod Talks About the Technology Transforming Trucking

From artificial intelligence to autonomous trucks, McLeod Software President and CEO Tom McLeod focused on new and on-the-cusp technology in his opening remarks at the 29th annual McLeod User Conference

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Newsby StaffAugust 8, 2019

Loadsmart and Starsky Robotics Make First-Ever Digital Freight Delivery Via Autonomous Truck

Digitized freight developer Loadsmart and Starsky Robotics say the announcement marks the first time an autonomous company and a digital broker have collaborated to price, book and load a shipment without any human involvement.

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Newsby StaffAugust 6, 2019

Kodiak Robotics Begins Autonomous Truck Deliveries in Texas

Just 16 months after it was formed, Kodiak Robotics says it is making deliveries with its autonomous truck technology.

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Newsby Jack RobertsJuly 17, 2019

Peloton Announces Level 4 Driverless Truck Platooning System

Peloton’s new Automated Following solution uses vehicle-to-vehicle technology to allow a single driver in a lead truck to control two platooning vehicles.

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On the Roadby Jim ParkJuly 15, 2019

Can We Trust Autonomous Vehicles?

The NTSB has determined that the actions of a human truck driver was a probable cause in a collision with an autonomous shuttle bus. The driver behaved as drivers have always done under the circumstance; but the computer-controlled shuttle did not.

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