TECHNO-TRUCKS * USA - World's Largest Truck Goes Robotic

The largest truck in the world is about to become the largest robotic vehicle in the world

USA -Discovery News, by Eric Bland -Nov. 6, 2008: -- ... Computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University have teamed up with engineers from Caterpillar to automate the 700-ton trucks, which are made to haul loads up to 240 tons from mines... That's nearly two million pounds of metal, fuel and stone powered by a 3,550-horsepower, 24-valve engine moving at up to 42 miles per hour, with software and a robot at the wheel... (Photo: Old Business, New Tech )