Maersk and Kodiak Robotics launch first commercial autonomous trucking lane between Houston and Oklahoma City -
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) - - Maersk and Kodiak Robotics have launched the first commercial autonomous trucking lane between Houston and Oklahoma City.
The freight lane marks an expansion of the collaboration which began with their first autonomous freight deliveries together in November 2022.
Maersk says they expect self-driving trucks to become a competitive advantage.
"Since our founding, we have focused on developing an autonomous product that is easy for global innovation leaders to integrate into their networks, and Maersk is a perfect fit," said Erez Agmoni, Maersk’s global head of innovation. "Hauling commercial freight gives us the opportunity to work together to integrate Kodiak’s autonomous trucking solution into Maersk’s operations. As the first autonomous trucking company to establish this new commercial lane between Houston and Oklahoma City, we are demonstrating our team’s ability to introduce new lanes and bring new efficiencies to the entire logistics industry."
"Autonomous trucking solutions have the potential to address long-term challenges faced by the trucking industry," said Don Burnette, founder and CEO of Kodiak. "For Kodiak, safety and performance are foundational to its autonomous trucking solution. Each vehicle is equipped with 18 different sensors, including cameras, radar, and lidar, that provide the platform with a 360-degree view around the truck. Every tenth of a second, the truck evaluates the performance of more than 1,000 safety-critical processes and components in both the self-driving stack and the underlying truck platform. The trucks learn in parallel, with system upgrades shared to the entire fleet simultaneously, and are not subject to environmental distractions."
Maersk and Kodiak says they will continue to explore future avenues for collaboration across Maersk’s growing North American logistics network.
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