While most autonomous driving headlines are about inner-city robotaxis, more and more companies in the field are focusing their attention on road freight instead. Kodiak Robotics is one start-up that’s confident it can make it work.
As the driver shortages rage on in the US, driverless trucks would be a welcome relief, but even the developers of such solutions will concede they are still a few years away from a marketable solution.
Kodiak Robotics’ CEO, Don Burnette, said that the company’s Kodiak Driver solution is currently “feature complete”, meaning that its trucks can complete most long-haul journeys without an intervention from the safety driver because all the vision systems, algorithms and actuation equipment is in place. However, for the necessary simulation and testing to be complete to the point that it can be guaranteed that the trucks can navigate any situation safely, Burnette expects 2023.
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