Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverless Trucks

Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by nimos on Thursday June 22, 2017 @10:56PM (#14616854)

I wonder what % of truck driving is highway driving? If you are covering the trucks in cameras and you have the control software there already it seems pretty easy(relatively at least) to have someone take over via remote for the last mile.

AI sensors combined with some sort of 360 view VR with drivers for the last mile with full AI on highways/freeways would allow for progressive roll out of self driving technology. A lot of video to push down the wire though but probably manageable with modern codecs.

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Re:Truckers Working Alongside Coders Trying to Make Driverle... by thatwebdude on Friday June 23, 2017 @11:56AM (#14620083)

pretty much every sleeper truck is designed to be mostly highway. The ones that stay in-city are the single cab designs. This isn't always true for Owner-Operators taking a buck where they can get it, but most trucks are designed for this use. There's no other cost-efficient way to get goods across cities/states/provinces/countries/continents.

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