The German automobile giant
Daimler has collaborated with Amazon
for its self-driving truck project. The latter will help with the testing of
the vehicles.
Torc Robotics, a subsidiary of Daimler specialises in vehicle
automation software. The firm chose Amazon Web Services as a cloud provider for
the upcoming tests of its trucks in New Mexico and Virginia. The latter was
chosen because of its extensive capabilities" in areas such as data
transfer, storage and analytics. Thanks to this, the automaker will be able to
accelerate the testing and commercialisation of Level 4 technology.
Based in Virginia, Torc
Robotics first collaborated with Daimler Trucks in early 2019. Then, the
German company acquired it afterwards. In June, last year, a partnership with
US chip firm Nvidia was announced. The aim behind this move was to develop AI
driving applications which included Levels 2, 3 and 4. In October, it partnered
with Google-Alphabet subsidiary Waymo. An agreement was signed to equip US
company Freightliner's Cascadia lorries with Level 4 technology.
What does this imply? Vehicle
autonomy is classified along a scale, from 0 to 5. The largest
number means total autonomy. At level 4, a vehicle does not need a driver but
it can drive around a specified geographic area only.
New technologies for self-driving
trucks are being tested © Royalty-free image
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