Otto Self Driving Truck
The world's first commercial shipment by a
self-driving truck has just been completed by Otto and Anheuser-Busch. The
shipment of a fully loaded trailer of Budweiser beer saw the autonomous truck
drive over 120 miles from Fort Collins, Colorado through to Denver, Colorado
Springs. Remarkably, the truck completed the journey on I-25 without any human
intervention, although a truck driver was monitoring its every move from the
sleeper berth.
Otto has developed its self-driving technology to
offer truck drivers the opportunity to rest during long stretches of tedious
highway driving and says its system has the potential to extend productive work
hours without any sacrifice to safety.
After the successful delivering, Otto co-founder
Lior Ron said “The incredible success of this pilot shipment is an example of
what is possible when you deploy self-driving technology. It also showcases the
importance of collaboration with forward-looking states like Colorado and
innovative companies like Anheuser-Busch.
Otto is currently working with Uber to further
develop advanced self-driving technologies.
