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I'm cool with anything that helps to sink CSX. Those fuckers' ability to legally ignore virtually all public and private property rights is absurd.
I'm cool with anything that helps to sink CSX. Those fuckers' ability to legally ignore virtually all public and private property rights is absurd.
truckies? woof, no wonder the Aussies are having a problem
“The conditions of the road out there, you’ve got to have your wits about you,” he says. “An automated truck would probably have a hissy fit, where a human would realise, ‘OK, I might have to detour off-road into the gully to get around it.’
“Truckies can use their sense of smell, too. If the engine starts to get hot, you can smell the coolant and go, ‘Hang on, something’s going on here,’ [and] pull over before something catastrophic happens.”
I feel bad for this guy.
So how to autonomous trucks handle fueling? Would they drive point to point between human manned fueling stations or would it be like it Cars where they just drive on a pedal and it happens automatically?
Ready-Campbell, whose dad was a general contractor, is getting in on the action and taking advantage of the dramatic advances in automation to go after construction. For the past two years, he's been developing software and sensors that can turn off-the-shelf excavators into robots that can dig holes with precision for hours without a break.
From a small dirt field in a sparsely populated part of San Francisco, Ready-Campbell's 10-person start-up, Built Robotics, has been stealthily operating a retrofitted skid steer, directing it via a computer program to move around dirt.
Maybe what he means is that the truck itself is electronically programmed to "stay in its lane" i.e. it gets on the highway and drives the same route over and over again, so all it has to do is brake and turn off at the correct exit. that technology already exists and is actually fairly old news (Tesla autopilot).
From what I have read, if the autopilots find themselves in a situation they can't handle, like blinding weather, they pull over and stop until conditions improve or a human takes over. Some articles indicate that there will be a period when drivers are in the cab but not driving, i.e. they are only there to take over if there is a problem. Depending on how regulations change (i.e., is the driver allowed to sleep while the autopilot is moving?) even that could significantly decrease trucker employment.
Why would someone need to ride in the truck to do the manual part? Couldn't those people just be at the point of delivery?
Why would someone need to ride in the truck to do the manual part? Couldn't those people just be at the point of delivery?
A quick Google search says 30 min charge for 400 miles. That's pretty good.