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Self-driving semitrailers to travel from Houston to Oklahoma City

An out-of-state company is moving its products from Houston to OKC with trucks that don't need a driver.

Self-driving semitrailers to travel from Houston to Oklahoma City

An out-of-state company is moving its products from Houston to OKC with trucks that don't need a driver.

FUTURE OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY. IN OUT OF STATE COMPANY IS MOVING THEIR PRODUCT FROM HOUSTON TO OKC WITH TRUCKS THAT DON’T NEED A DRIVER. TODAY, A LOCAL TRUCK TRAINING COMPANY TELLS ME THIS WILL HELP FILL A SHORTAGE. AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ARE GOING TO BE AROUND. IT’S GOING TO COME. KODIAK ROBOTICS IS TEAMING UP WITH MAERSK AND PUTTING SELF-DRIVING TRUCKS ON OKLAHOMA ROADS. THE DRIVER IS THERE AND CAN ALWAYS STEP IN IF THERE’S ANYTHING REQUIRED. AMERICAN TRUCK TRAINING IN OKC SAYS AS LONG AS SOMEONE IS STILL IN THE CAR, THEY’RE HAPPY TO SEE THE PROGRESS. JUST LIKE AN AIRPLANE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WOULDN’T GET IN AN AIRPLANE WITH NO, NO, NO PILOT. AND WITH THE TRUCKER SHORTAGE IN THE UNITED STATES, THEY BELIEVE THIS WILL FIX THE PROBLEM, NOT BY REPLACING DRIVERS. WE DO NOT WANT TO REPLACE DRIVERS. NOWHERE IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY IS ANYONE REALLY SAYING THAT. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE SAFE. THEY TELL ME THESE TRUCKS ARE A LOT LIKE ANY DRIVER, JUST WITHOUT THE HUMAN ERROR OR DRIVER FATIGUE. OUR TRUCK, EVERY 100 MILLISECONDS, IT ACTUALLY CALCULATES KIND OF A NEW PICTURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? IT CALCULATES WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT IT HAS TO DO. AND THE OWNER OF THE TRAINING COMPANY I SPOKE TO SAYS THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THE FUTURE OF TRUCKING IN A LONG, LONG SCHEME OF THINGS, WE’RE JUST GOING TO INCORPORATE TRAINING FOLKS WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AS PART OF OUR TRAININ
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Self-driving semitrailers to travel from Houston to Oklahoma City

An out-of-state company is moving its products from Houston to OKC with trucks that don't need a driver.

Self-driving semitrailers are on Oklahoma roads, traveling from Houston to Oklahoma City with a monitor inside.An out-of-state company is moving its products from Houston to OKC with trucks that don't need a driver. An Oklahoma truck training company said this will help fill a shortage. "Autonomous vehicles are going to be around. It’s going to come," Jerome Redmond with American Truck Training said.Kodiak Robotics teamed up with Maersk to put self-driving trucks on Oklahoma roads.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here."The driver is there and can always step in if there’s anything required," Michael Wiesinger with Kodiak Robotics said.American Truck Training in OKC said as long as someone is still in the car, they're happy to see the progress."Just like an airplane, I wouldn’t get in an airplane with no pilot," Redmond said.With a trucker shortage in the U.S., they believe it will fix the problem."Not by replacing drivers. We do not want to replace drivers. Nowhere in the trucking industry is anyone really saying that, but what we want to do is make things more efficient and more safe," Redmond said.>> Download the KOCO 5 AppThey said the trucks are a lot like any driver, just without human error or driver fatigue."Our truck, every 100 milliseconds, can actually calculate kind of a new picture of the environment. It calculates what is going on and what it has to do," Wiesinger said.The owner of the training company said they want to be a part of the future of trucking."In the long scheme of things, we’re just gonna incorporate training folks with autonomous vehicles as part of our training," Redmond said.The trucks have already been on Oklahoma roads since August.Top HeadlinesAmazon Prime Big Deal Days 2023 live updates: Best deals we're seeing for October Prime Day eventMan taken to hospital after hit-and-run crash near middle school in BethanyGarvin County relieved after body of shooting suspect is foundOKC officer arrested for allegedly lying about traffic stops to get more overtimeOklahomans will be able to see annular solar eclipse on Saturday

Self-driving semitrailers are on Oklahoma roads, traveling from Houston to Oklahoma City with a monitor inside.

An out-of-state company is moving its products from Houston to OKC with trucks that don't need a driver. An Oklahoma truck training company said this will help fill a shortage.

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"Autonomous vehicles are going to be around. It’s going to come," Jerome Redmond with American Truck Training said.

Kodiak Robotics teamed up with Maersk to put self-driving trucks on Oklahoma roads.

Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.

"The driver is there and can always step in if there’s anything required," Michael Wiesinger with Kodiak Robotics said.

American Truck Training in OKC said as long as someone is still in the car, they're happy to see the progress.

"Just like an airplane, I wouldn’t get in an airplane with no pilot," Redmond said.

With a trucker shortage in the U.S., they believe it will fix the problem.

"Not by replacing drivers. We do not want to replace drivers. Nowhere in the trucking industry is anyone really saying that, but what we want to do is make things more efficient and more safe," Redmond said.

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They said the trucks are a lot like any driver, just without human error or driver fatigue.

"Our truck, every 100 milliseconds, can actually calculate kind of a new picture of the environment. It calculates what is going on and what it has to do," Wiesinger said.

The owner of the training company said they want to be a part of the future of trucking.

"In the long scheme of things, we’re just gonna incorporate training folks with autonomous vehicles as part of our training," Redmond said.

The trucks have already been on Oklahoma roads since August.


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