Driverless trucks to soon help construct highways

driverless truck Fully autonomous trucks would soon be used at highway construction sites in Florida by the end of this year.

Unlike Daimler’s big rig that still require a driver controlling the vehicle, the autonomous trucks by Pennsylvania company Royal Truck & Equipment will start deploying the big vehicles sans human controllers under a Department of Transportation pilot program.

A report on Engadget notes that the autonomous trucks are controlled in three ways: via GPS Waypoint navigation, through a remote control and via leader/follower programming.

The rigs will be equipped with special crash barrier called attenuators which will save motorists from slamming into them, thereby saving both the workers and motorists.

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