The introduction of autonomous vehicles into everyday life is slow, but it is advancing and large-tonnage trucks could not be left behind.
Although a 18 wheeler autonomous vehicle Poorly programmed can cause catastrophic consequences, Kodiak, a trucking start-up shows how well their software can come. The demo below is specifically when there is a tire puncture.
Kodiak Robotics It is one of the many companies that work with this type of units, but one of the few that shows the results. They recently conducted a test with one of their trucks that experienced an explosion at 35 mph and it stopped with no problem.
“These are really difficult to control, and demonstrating the ability of our autonomous driver to not only recognize the burst in a split second, but also be able to drive it safely, is critical to being able to launch autonomous vehicles,” commented jordan colemanvice president of policy Kodiak.
The truck reacted to a flat tire by stopping in the lane, but that’s not the only way Kodiak wants its vehicles to handle.
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Some time ago the team showed what would happen if the autonomous driving system lost connection through an Ethernet cable. After the cable was cut, the unit slowed down and stopped at the side of the road. Daniel Goff, spokesman for the company states that if it is safe, the vehicle can go off the road.
Coleman explained that the priority is safety and not the speed of delivery of the products. “We may not always do the right thing in terms of getting things from Point A to Point B, but it’s about showing that we’re always going to do the safe thing.“, said.
“No matter what, we will do something safe and protect motorists around trucks. That is the bar for the launch”, settled.
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