Uber collaborates automated driving trucks and human driving trucks to further improve efficiency and automate commercial transportation

Uber is a service that matches a truck driver and a shipping company that wants to carry luggage "Uber Freight"Is provided. Uber, who also develops automatic driving trucks, announced a new attempt to collaborate with Uber Freight's drivers and automatic driving trucks. It seems that further efficiency improvement and practical use of long distance transportation using automatic driving truck is realizing by mutual advantage by mutual benefit by combination of human driver and automatic driving car.

Uber's intention to incorporate automatic driving trucks into Uber Freight can be understood in a single shot by watching the following movie.

Self-driving truck and truck driver connect with Uber Freight - YouTube


Mark, living in Los Angeles, USA. It is a 24-year truck driver who registers with Uber Freight.


Today we are also using smartphones while delivering services undertaken by Uber Freight.


Mark left in Los Angeles in the morning.


Mr. Mark who runs on the expressway aims at Arizona.


Arrive at the destination in Arizona · Topokk soon.


On the other hand, Uber's automatic driving track which runs at the same aim with aiming for topok. Larry is in the driver 's seat.


High performance laser sensor on the roofLIDARAnd aim for Arizona by automatic driving.


Mr. Mark 's trailer and Larry' s automatic driving trailer arrived at the designated topok parking lot at the same time.


Two people who get off the trailer and greet.


Mark who unlocks the cargo part of the trailer.


Moving forward, the car body and the cargo bed were separated.


Larry likewise released the loading platform, and the two trailers were replaced. Mr. Mark and Mr. Larry replaced the shipment at the designated place.


Mr. Larry who took the package from Mr. Mark, as usual, went to another place by automatic driving.


I run a highway that is optimal for automatic driving.


The driver's seat of Mr. Mark.


Mr. Mark who saw the family's photos as chirped apparently seemed to return to Los Angeles.


The movie ended with the message "He is likely to be in time for dinner."


It is not just about Uber Freight's goal of streamlining Uber Freight's efficiency by linking Uber Freight with its own automated driving truck. While leaving automatic driving trucks on highway with relatively easy automatic operation, complicated information processing is required, aiming at the role sharing that leaves the delivery of urban areas which are still superior to human beings to human drivers That's why. Until a complete automatic driving technique is established, by adopting a division of labor with the human driver, we advance the optimization of the transport route, reduce the burden on the human driver, and collect the running data of the automatic operation truck in parallel For Uber it seems to be a good idea to be able to do.

Uber will already finish the exam in Arizona State and will begin delivery on the automatic driving truck. Efforts to combine human drivers and automatic driving trucks to make delivery more efficient are likely to further expand in the future.