Kodiak Robotics Shows What Happens When A Robotruck Blows A Tire

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It's one of those situations where one might wince while predicting, “oh, this can't end up well.” To demonstrate the effectiveness of its Kodiak Driver autonomous technology in self-driving commercial trucks, Kodiak Robotics decided to see what would happen in the event of a tire blowout.

technology. Working in conjunction with Kodiak Driver Fallback would normally guide the truck to a safe stop in the event of a catastrophic failure, such as a tire blowout.“There's over 1,000 metrics the truck is constantly monitoring many times per second.

Founded in 2018, Kodiak is in a period of rapid expansion, broadening its coverage area, mainly in the U.S. Southeast. Since mid-2019 Kodiak has been delivering freight between Dallas, Texas and Houston and between Dallas and San Antonio since 2021. Just this past August Kodiak and the nation's largest travel center operator Pilot Companies announced a “strategic agreement” to develop services for self-driving trucks at Pilot and Flying J travel centers. The first such truckport to be built at a Pilot center near Atlanta.

 

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