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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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Truck Techby Jack RobertsAugust 8, 2019

To Understand Trucking Disruption, Look to the Money on the Table

Why so much change in trucking? Why now? The answer is simple: There is a massive amount of money to be made.

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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 StaffJuly 19, 2019

HDMA Forms New Heavy Duty Advanced Technology Council

The Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association, the commercial vehicle division of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association, has announced the formation of its newest council, the Heavy Duty Advanced Technology Council.

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ArticlesJuly 17, 2019

AI Is More Likely to Do Your Books Than Drive Your Truck by 2020

Fleet owners and owner-operators are often justifiably wary when hearing about the next ‘Big Thing’ coming to trucking. But while driverless trucks remain a long ways off, artificial intelligence could have a place in your business in the next few years.

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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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Newsby StaffJuly 11, 2019

NTSB Ends Investigation into Driverless Shuttle Accident

A unique case of miscommunication between a truck driver and a self-driving vehicle that led to a minor accident in Las Vegas may give us a glimpse into a future where autonomous vehicles and human driven vehicles share the road.

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Videosby StaffJuly 9, 2019

Truck Platooning on Forest Roads [Video]

Gravel and dirt roads present some unique challenges for truck platooning technology. FPInnovations and its partners have been testing the technology on backroads in Quebec, Canada to see how it might peform in the real world.

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Truck Techby Jack RobertsJuly 3, 2019

Let’s Put our Wounded Warriors Behind the Wheel

Amazing advances in autonomous technology and prosthetic limbs mean a virtually untapped pool of potential truck drivers is out there, just waiting for a chance to go to work.

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