Within three or four years, Aurora Innovation and its competitors expect to put thousands self-driving trucks on America's public freeways. But the image of driverless semis on highways concerns many people, polls show.
Pittsburgh — On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board.A quarter-mile ahead, the truck's sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In less than a second, it signaled, moved into the unobstructed lane and rumbled past the obstacles. The self-driving semi, outfitted with 25 laser, radar and camera sensors, is owned by Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc.
'Everything I see indicates they're trying to do the right thing,' he said. 'But the devil is in the details.' On the test track, reporters saw Aurora's semis avoid simulations of road obstacles, including pedestrians, a blown tire, even a horse. The trucks spotted obstacles more than a quarter-mile away and avoided them. But they were running at only 35 mph in a controlled environment.
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