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I'm really looking forward to seeing long haul trucking automated. A few of the big brands are working on the systems, so I don't see why we won't see it on the

by reustle 11y ago

I'm really looking forward to seeing long haul trucking automated. A few of the big brands are working on the systems, so I don't see why we won't see it on the roads in the next 5 years. Some of these drivers will shift into more of the last-mile work (manually driving a truck from the highway through the city / town to the factories) but most of them will be out of a job.

bootload 11y ago
"A few of the big brands are working on the systems, so I don't see why we won't see it on the roads in the next 5 years." Already here in the Australian outback: - https://medium.com/war-is-boring/giant-robotic-mining-trucks-love-the-australian-desert-bed4b2b5a70a https://medium.com/war-is-boring/giant-robotic-mining-trucks... - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-25/computer-controlled-trucks-taking-over-in-pilbara-mining-wa/5412642 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-25/computer-controlled-tr... - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30098772 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30098772
PhantomGremlin 11y ago
see it on the roads in the next 5 years Nah. At least not the way you put it, that most drivers will be out of a job. I think that could take closer to 50 years than to 5 years. Much more quickly, the automation could be doing the actual long distance "driving" (such as maintaining lanes and distance), while the human driver will sit back and supervise. Without a human present, the first automated truck that "pulls a Wal-mart"[1] and wipes out a bunch of cars and people will result in the whole thing getting shut down. The human has to be there for liability reasons if for no others. It would be very hard for a company get away with blaming the computer after an injury accident. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/12/shocking-images-of-tracy-morgan-crash-in-report-blaming-driver-of-wal-mart-truck/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/1...

by reustle 11y ago

bootload 11y ago

"A few of the big brands are working on the systems, so I don't see why we won't see it on the roads in the next 5 years." Already here in the Australian outback: - https://medium.com/war-is-boring/giant-robotic-mining-trucks-love-the-australian-desert-bed4b2b5a70a https://medium.com/war-is-boring/giant-robotic-mining-trucks... - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-25/computer-controlled-trucks-taking-over-in-pilbara-mining-wa/5412642 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-25/computer-controlled-tr... - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30098772 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30098772

PhantomGremlin 11y ago

see it on the roads in the next 5 years Nah. At least not the way you put it, that most drivers will be out of a job. I think that could take closer to 50 years than to 5 years. Much more quickly, the automation could be doing the actual long distance "driving" (such as maintaining lanes and distance), while the human driver will sit back and supervise. Without a human present, the first automated truck that "pulls a Wal-mart"[1] and wipes out a bunch of cars and people will result in the whole thing getting shut down. The human has to be there for liability reasons if for no others. It would be very hard for a company get away with blaming the computer after an injury accident. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/12/shocking-images-of-tracy-morgan-crash-in-report-blaming-driver-of-wal-mart-truck/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/1...