Daimler Trucks builds the first self-driving truck

The latest in the world of instruments for trucks and industrial vehicles is surely the Highway Pilot, a sophisticated navigation system that includes radar and cameras with great vision capacity that has just been successfully tested by the multinational Daimler Trucks. The system, which has already been approved for a heavy vehicle in the US state of Nevada, allows trucks to drive completely autonomously on highways. The instrumentation of the Highway Pilot is so sophisticated and precise that it is capable of automatically recognizing traffic conditions and adapting to them without the need to be supervised by the driver or by a professional driver. In fact, the navigator is so sensitive that it detects the presence of other vehicles on the road up to 250 meters away and with an extreme viewing angle that goes from 18º to 130º, which allows it to carry out emergency braking or automatically preventive. However, the truck driver is still an essential part of driving the vehicle when it leaves the motorway network and requires maneuvering.
The Highway Pilot, which we could compare to the autopilot of an airplane, is activated manually at will of the trucker, who can disconnect it immediately in the event that it detects security problems. Far from spelling the end of the trucking profession, the autonomous control system will require drivers to receive more training to be able to use it.
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