Self Driving Semis and Vans coming to DFW

[MillerEP 30576]

https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/20/21331418/aurora-self-driving-cars-semi-truck-av-texas-robotaxi?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email

Aurora will test its fleet of self-driving cars and semi trucks in Texas

The Lone Star State is an official hotbed of AV activity

By Andrew J. Hawkins @andyjayhawk  Jul 20, 2020, 2:06pm EDT

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Texas is now firmly one of the top states in the US for AV testing. In addition to Aurora, the state is also playing host to Ford / Argo, Uber, self-driving truck startup TuSimple, and Waymo, as well as a remote-operated driverless shuttle in service at Texas A&M University. AV startup Drive.ai also operated in the Dallas region before going bust and getting acquired by Apple.

[Captainant 27989]

I rode a self-driving Uber in Vegas last December, it worked pretty well but the vehicle tenders in the car said it was all hand-built to work on the strip and they didn't (at the time) have a good way to scale out to other cities. Interested to see how it goes

[gmr548 16645]

Can't be any worse than humans driving trucks or vans.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

Can't be any worse than humans driving

FIFY

[Blotto 23723]

29 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

Can't be any worse than humans driving trucks or vans.

wanna bet?

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Texas A&M University is modifying its self-driving pilot program in the city of Bryan, Texas, to have humans remotely monitor and operate the shuttles starting in September, making it one of the first commercial deployments of teleoperation technology in the country.

 

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[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

On 7/21/2020 at 10:18 AM, Blotto said:

 

On 7/21/2020 at 10:18 AM, Blotto said:

Texas A&M University is modifying its self-driving pilot program in the city of Bryan, Texas, to have humans remotely monitor and operate the shuttles starting in September, making it one of the first commercial deployments of teleoperation technology in the country.

The Aggy self driving ubers will only take you to Kyle field or dixie chicken.

 

[HRSchenker 2293]

Alternate headline: If you thought 5pm traffic on 635 was bad, you ain't seen nothing yet

[elfenix 34387]

51 minutes ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

The Aggy self driving ubers will only take you to Kyle field or dixie chicken.

 

that's not going to stop the flood of fans from opposing schools getting lost on their way to kyle field

[RPM 26431]

They should make rock trucks the first fleets to convert. At least the load is inert.

[ztejas 43752]

Their biggest hurdles in design were getting the self driving vehicles to be able to change exits at the last minute going 75 mph on the PGBT while flipping the bird to the driver next to them.

[dimyh 1874]

Anyone else concerned about their corporate branding?

 

 

[Jkwellborn 6892]

They should make rock trucks the first fleets to convert. At least the load is inert.

A buddy of mine was wanting to turn in his Peterbilt when a rock hauler hung the back of his trailer and flipped the truck.

[RPM 26431]

3 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

A buddy of mine was wanting to turn in his Peterbilt when a rock hauler hung the back of his trailer and flipped the truck.

No habla

[CooterBrown 18099]

The aggy self driving car design is lacking.

[Jkwellborn 6892]

No habla

It was in Seguin and yeah, pretty sure that’s how it went down. Guy was over gross too.