The U.S. Postal Service has announced a pilot project using self-driving trucks. It will conduct the two-week experiment in collaboration with TuSimple, an autonomous driving technology company based in San Diego. TuSimple’s contract with the postal service calls for one of the company’s self-driving trucks to make five round trips hauling USPS trailers between Dallas and Phoenix. Although the truck’s operation will be automated, humans won’t be left out of the picture entirely. A safety engineer and driver will be aboard.
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US Post Office to Test-Drive Autonomous Trucks
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. May 22, 2019 11:21 AMThe U.S. Postal Service has announced a pilot project using self-driving trucks. It will conduct the two-week experiment in collaboration with TuSimple, an autonomous driving technology company based in San Diego. TuSimple’s contract with the postal service calls for one of the company’s self-driving trucks to make five round trips hauling USPS trailers between Dallas and Phoenix. Although the truck’s operation will be automated, humans won’t be left out of the picture entirely. A safety engineer and driver will be aboard.