Google is testing trucks-autonomous on the road

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Friday, 9 march 2018 15:23

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Waymo, the subsidiary specialized in the conduct of autonomous, Alphabet, parent company of Google, will test it in real size trucks self-sufficient for the transport of goods, has she announced Friday.

“From next week, Waymo is going to launch a (program) driver at Atlanta with the trucks, autonomous transport of goods destined for the data centers of Google,” explained Waymo, in a message posted on its website.

This “will allow us to further develop our technology and to integrate the operations of shippers and carriers, with their networks of factories, distribution centres, terminals and ports,” noted the company, while specifying that a driver would be present in the cabin to monitor the journey and resume the hand if needed.

This new testing phase follows the first trials of trucks, self-announced in June 2017, that took place in Arizona and California.

Waymo is considered to be one of the companies most advanced in the field of autonomous control. It has already made to roll of cars that are fully autonomous (without a human in the driver’s seat) in Arizona.

Its competitor Uber announced three days ago have begun to roll trucks self-sufficient for the transport of goods over long distances in Arizona.

The competition in the autonomous control is fierce. Continued by Waymo before the courts for theft of technologies in this area, the famous platform of booking of cars has agreed on 9 February to pay 245 million dollars to stop the trial.

Most of the large automotive groups and many technology companies are working on autonomous control, view as the holy Grail of transport of the future, which would reduce road accidents and reduce the costs associated with the remuneration of drivers.

Some young companies are dedicated more specifically to trucks, such as the american Embark.

The group Tesla (electric cars and partially autonomous) has unveiled a model of a semi-trailer by the end of 2017.

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