Jun 14, 2019 12:00:00

Fastest record of public road travel speed is established by unmanned self-driving truck

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Starsky Robotics truck, a start-up truck developing an autonomous driving truck, achieved 55 miles per hour (about 89 km) in public road driving tests conducted under unmanned conditions, saying, 'The speed of the autonomous driving truck traveling on public roads in unmanned condition It is reported that 'Record' has been established.

Starsky Robotics Becomes First Uncrewed Truck To Hit 55 MPH-The Drive
https://www.thedrive.com/tech/28520/starsky-robotics-becomes-first-unmanned-truck-to-hit-55-mph

You can see the test run of the unmanned truck of Starsky Robotics from the following movie.

Starsky Robotics Speed Record For Unmanned Truck-YouTube


Driving tests were conducted on the Sermon Expressway in Florida. As the Sermon Expressway was closed on one way during the test, there were no cars on the road except automated driving trucks and people concerned.

This is a self-driving truck developed by Starsky Robotics.

The driver operates the console in the driver's seat ...

I just get off the track.

The truck starts with the driver's seat completely unmanned. If you look closely, the handle moves to the left and right.

In the other room, the driver who was operating the console performs remote control in front of multiple monitors that project images from the camera attached to the truck. The Starsky Robotics truck can not run completely autonomously, but it can run in an unmanned state by automatic driving and remote control support.

'We have developed a reliable

automated driving level 2 system and a remote control surveillance system to enable truck operation in unmanned conditions,' said Starsky Robotics founder Stefan Seltz-Axmacher. Narrator claimed that the test showed that the unmanned truck was enough for the public road.

The track keeps running smoothly without any problems ...

The movie ends when we finally reach 55 miles per hour and have set the fastest record for unmanned self-driving trucks on public roads.

Long-distance trucks are one of the most important means of distribution in the United States, but in recent years there has been a shortage of long-distance truck drivers due to the insistence that they will continue to drive from morning to evening and can not return home for several days. It is a problem. Therefore, development of a fully automated truck is a challenge that various companies other than Starsky Robotics will challenge, and an automated truck developed by the startup Embark in 2018 will be developed from Los Angeles on the west coast to Jacksonville on the east coast. I have succeeded in crossing the United States.

The track of start-up 'Embark' succeeds in the United States crossing by automatic driving-GIGAZINE

Celts-Axmacher says, “Most of the truck drivers who are calling on us want to be drivers for remote control. They all return to their families after the day's work. 'The ability to drive an unmanned truck on a freeway is approaching the solution of a major problem in the $ 726 billion (about 80 trillion yen) truck industry,' he said. I said.