Uber's self-driving trucks hit the highway, but don't expect them on city streets
https://www.techradar.com/news/ubers-self-driving-trucks-are-sticking-to-the-highway
Some states may finally be letting autonomous cars onto city streets without a human behind the wheel, but no state government will feel comfortable putting an 80-ton freight truck under AI control anywhere near pedestrians.
But Uber Freight and Uber’s Advanced Technology Group (UberATG) have come up with a cool system of shipping goods across the country, while keeping self-driving trucks on the freeway, where UberATG’s AI is most specialized.
Uber's self-driving trucks hit the highway, but don't expect them on city streets
Mar 7, 2018, 12:17am UTC
https://www.techradar.com/news/ubers-self-driving-trucks-are-sticking-to-the-highway
>Some states may finally be letting autonomous cars onto city streets without a human behind the wheel, but no state government will feel comfortable putting an 80-ton freight truck under AI control anywhere near pedestrians.
>But Uber Freight and Uber’s Advanced Technology Group (UberATG) have come up with a cool system of shipping goods across the country, while keeping self-driving trucks on the freeway, where UberATG’s AI is most specialized.