China Tests Convoy System for Autonomous Trucking
Posts discuss China's leader-follower convoy pilot for freight automation.
TLDR
Yishan, who founded Terraformation and previously led Reddit, posted about a convoy approach for trucks. Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, posted that a single lead driver guiding self-driving trucks shows the notion China succeeds only through cheap labor is obsolete. Both reference a pilot using one human-driven truck to direct autonomous vehicles for faster deployment in controlled logistics settings.
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Yishan@yishanLoyal Wingman but for trucks https://twitter.com/BodenViews/status/2089187962986655989
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BS Blake Scholl 🛫@bschollThe idea that China is winning only because of cheap plentiful labor is at best obsolete. https://twitter.com/bodenviews/status/2089187962986655989
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RP Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_aiChina is taking a human-in-the-loop route rather than waiting for fully driverless trucks. A human operates the lead vehicle Self-driving trucks follow it in convoy. It brings freight automation to logistics hubs before robotaxis are ready for open roads…
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CP Chris Paxton@chris_j_paxtonSelf driving trucks have the potential to make everything cheaper and potentially the roads a bit safer https://twitter.com/BodenViews/status/2089187962986655989
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JP Jakie PLA@3DPrintAficio@chris_j_paxton Lead-driver convoy makes so much sense. Efficiency gains without needing to solve full autonomy. Same principle as cobots - keep a human in the loop.
YI Yishan@yishan@CatChen I agree, it seems like a critical point that the trucks need to be able to act autonomously to handle "adverse" cars on the road.