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May 18, 2016

Startup wants to roll out robotic big rigs

  • Anthony Levandowski is a robot-loving engineer who worked on Google's self-driving technology. His new company Otto is focused on getting autonomous big rigs onto U.S. highways.
    • By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
    AP Technology Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — Picture an 18-wheel truck barreling down the highway with 80,000 pounds of cargo and no one but a robot at the wheel.

    To many, that might seem a frightening idea, even at a time when a few dozen of Google's driverless cars are cruising city streets in California, Texas, Washington and Arizona.


     
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