Waymo is betting that the future of shipping will be autonomous 18-wheelers. NBC News’ Gadi Schwartz meets Boris Sofman, the company’s head of engineering for trucking, to hear about its test program for semi-trucks. They go for a ride with a safety driver behind the wheel. As Waymo tests its self-driving trucks in Arizona, they say their biggest challenge is accounting for unpredictable behavior from others on the road. The U.S. is facing a growing shortage of truck drivers.
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So i notice i didn't see the truck actually do anything. It didn't navigate a busy urban street or back up and drop off a load. Nothing. How odd
Yeah one just wrecked in Texas broke the driver's left wrist and nearly took out a school bus. But just like terminator it can't be humane or make ethical decisions
Jesus Christ loves you and He is coming soon. Believe in Him before is too late.
They say the titanic wouldn’t sink but it did don’t tell me this won’t make mistakes because it will
Ok so what about when it’s time to fuel up?
Perfect, why get rid of a human bringing in products that we have to consume 🤔.? Is it because " they " don't want us to know what's being shipped in/out our states, …. I mean especially since all these human body parts are being brought to the light from being on 18 wheelers… but idk anything 😕
But can it back into angled docks, drive in severe wheather, go up and down mountains etc ??
This will end well
Lol
maximum overdrive anyone
show these trucks backing into docks
No thank you
The FUTURE is here.
The idea that these trucks are only meant to replace the shortage of drivers is pure propaganda. Once these work and have full DoT approval. Truck drivers are gone. My man with the best office seat in the world is doing all he can do to make sure that other truckers have no seat. Good job pal…
i feel like in the beginning when it become way better that they will allow the trucks to drive them self until the truck get into a city or when it get near its drop off location and someone else will just get in the truck and help it to its destination and unload it.
Why they wear masks????
Repeat after me, Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity.
I Said this in 2009 and was scoffed at
No need for any human labor or supervision
Just make humans obsolete already, get it over with
There is no shortage of drivers. Its all fabricated to justify technology to replace humans
anything that gets human beings to not operate motor vehicles is a great idea
Won't happen on a major scale…..
YES. Every business on the face of the earth #1 most expensive expenditure is labor.
Back in the bad old days most drivers were union. Driving paid a good wage. You
could make a good living driving. But, the corporate bean counters wanted to
increase their bottom line. Thats when they began union busting. The way it is
done is, a big trucking co either sells out to another company (the new co is
non-union of course) OR the trucking co creates a new company with new
name & new labor policies and all the experienced drivers get kicked to the
curb. The new co pays short wages. You get what you pays for. Thats especially
true when it comes to employees. So, trucking accidents are on the rise &
trucking co answer is to invest $M into self driving tech. They cant wait until they
perfect the tech & they can kick ALL their drivers to the curb.
REMEMBER,
Its nothing personal.
Its business.
!
You all are so ready to see people be stripped of their livelihoods for what? Most of you speaking have never and could never operate a semi-tractor trailer. You think it will stop at trucks? Soon we’d all be out of work, replaced by robots. Do you have a plan?
Its still a ways off. Better start saving your money. Strive for zero debt.
DOT cops aren't going to have anyone to write tickets to.
Be fun to see how they work with spray paint on the cameras 🙄
Jobs, slapped in the face to truckers
Whoever created this tech got their wife stolen by a bubba in a Peterbilt 379.
Until I see the self driven truck in Dallas without the CDL driver. I'm not convinced yet. If it works anyway.
Short on truck drivers?? 🤣 40+ years kissing butt as a company driver
荷降ろしと荷揚げのセットアップはまだまだ自動とはイカないところがありますね。今後も開発がつづく分野だと思いました。
Junk we don't have shortage liers
The lawyers will have a field day taking on cases
Trust me there will be crashes .
What if the computer has a minor glitch for a second and runs over a bus full of our children
What if pirates stop the big truck and cut the lock off and steel the cargo
How long would a computer last before it would be replaced
How fast will the truck go will it b impeding traffic
I laughed when he said self driving trucks never make mistakes, don’t forget 4 wheelers are everywhere and will crash this self driving trucks, just wait
No thanks I value human life
I just got my cdl license so again I will be jobless. I wish I learned Artificial language 😢