Waymo (Former Google) started public road test of automatic driving truck, entered into logistics automation competition

Automatic driving car development spun out from GoogleWaymoAnnounced that it will do public road test of automatic driving truck. In America, logistics reforms using automatic driving trucks are enthusiastic.

Same driver, different vehicle: Bringing Waymo self-driving technology to trucks
https://medium.com/waymo/same-driver-different-vehicle-bringing-waymo-self-driving-technology-to-trucks-e55824b55b8f

Waymo who took over Google's automatic driving car project has tested the public roads of the automatic driving cars in California and Arizona so far and it is said to be the world's best automated driving technology and most practical use I am getting an evaluation.

Automatic driving car of Waymo (former Google) runs "public" on public roads, released 360 degrees movies, virtual experiences moving in automatic driving possible - GIGAZINE


Waymo will introduce the technology cultivated in an automatic driving car to a large trailer and start developing an automatic driving truck. Specifically, we will start a pilot program that will carry cargo from Atlanta, Georgia, which functions as a truck's logistics base, to Google's data center from the third week of March 2018. A driver for system control rides in the automatic operation truck for the test and intervenes in the steering wheel operation as necessary.


Waymo leads with automatic hand car technology, but the trailer is large in size of the vehicle itself, because it has characteristics such as a difference in behavior in turning and braking and a lot of blind spots than in a general car, so it is possible to apply the automatic driving car technology as it is It is not that. It seems that development of original technology of automatic operation track is required.


In the United States, where delivery by large trailers plays a role in logistics, there is a problem of chronic driver shortage, development competition to automate long distance truck for delivery is actively being carried out, dispatch Uber of services and startup Embark etc are already leading by public road test.

Uber succeeded in transporting for the first automatic driving truck, and the baggage that he carried was 45,000 cans of Budweiser - GIGAZINE


Startup "Embark" track succeeded across the United States through automatic driving - GIGAZINE


Waymo, who is involved in this automatic driving truck development competition, will further improve its technology and eventually cooperate with terminal networks such as factories, distribution centers, ports, etc. to incorporate automatic driving trucks into the shipper and shipping business He said that he is aiming for. By increasing the number of companies that start road tests on public roads, the development competition of automatic driving trucks in the United States is likely to further accelerate.