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AUTONOMOUS HEAVY TRUCKS * USA: Car engineer aims to retrofit 18-wheelers
* California - Autonomous-driving venture targets heavy trucks
(Video from Otto - May 16, 2016: Meet Otto, the company behind new self-driving trucking technology. Join us for the journey)
--- Startup Ottomotto LLC plans to build hardware enabling existing 18-wheelers to operate on highways without driver intervention, with the trucking industry long considered a prime candidate for robotic control... An engineer who helped spearhead the self-driving Google car project plans to retrofit tractor trailers with autonomous-driving technology... Anthony Levandowski, joined by Lior Ron, who earlier led Google Maps and the development of the Moto X smartphone... The new company, Ottomotto LLC, plans to build hardware enabling existing 18-wheelers to operate on highways without driver intervention, taking on larger companies that are currently reserving such technology for new trucks, Mr. Levandowski said in an interview... Mr. Levandowski’s self-funded startup has begun testing three Volvo AB trucks with an eye toward allowing them to travel on the highway without a driver’s intervention... Tractor trailers have long been considered prime candidates for robotic control. Trucking companies have struggled to recruit and keep drivers, and regulations governing how long they can be behind the wheel have exacerbated the shortage. There were roughly 50,000 too few drivers of big rigs in 2015, according to American Trucking Associations...
(Photo from AETHER FILMS/OTTO - A Volvo heavy duty truck with the Ottomotto LLC logo) -- Sillicon Valley, CAL, USA - The WSJ, by MIKE RAMSEY - May 17, 2016
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