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Friday, July 26, 2019

Smart Assistive Driving Tech Allows Control of Multiple Trucks

New look at how to make supply chains more efficient.

EMERGING TECH
Smart assistive driving tech allows one truck driver to control multiple trucks     By Luke Dormehl in DigitalTrends  @lukedormehl

Few people argue that self-driving vehicles aren’t on the horizon as far as future transport technologies go. But before we reach the point, there are other ways that smart assistive driving  technology can be used — without humans necessarily having to be removed from the process altogether.

That’s where connected vehicle company Peloton Technology’s new tech enters the picture. Unveiled at the recent Automated Vehicle Symposium 2019 in Orlando, Peloton’s vision for the future of Level 4 automation technology allows one (human) driver to control multiple trucks at the same time.

By utilizing vehicle-to-vehicle communications and radar-based active braking systems, combined with sophisticated vehicle control algorithms, the L4 Automated Following system lets one A.I.-driven truck follow another human-driven vehicle. Doing so can not only allow one driver to transport more goods, but also leads to greater fuel economy and safety. Accelerating in one truck will cause the other to follow, while braking works the same way. All of this happens almost instantaneously.   .... "

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