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From: Sam	11/28/2021 11:36:34 AM
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This autonomous ride-along was boring — and that’s a good thing Lidar acquisition allowed robotic trucking to leapfrog ride-hailing cars at Aurora Innovation Alan AdlerFriday, November 26, 2021 PALMER, Texas — Successful autonomous trucking runs have nothing in common. As in nothing happens that the robot driver cannot handle as intended. That includes knowing to slow down for the man who occasionally walks his dog along Interstate 45 south of Dallas. Aurora Innovation’s autonomous trucks have seen the man and the dog before and the robot Aurora Driver systems learned to brake almost imperceptibly, obeying the Texas law to shift one lane to the left or reduce its speed by 20 mph. “The Aurora Driver benefits from all of its experiences on both cars and trucks,” said Lia Theodosiou-Pisanelli, Aurora vice president of partner products, programs and operations. “It’s probably seen more pedestrians on the side of the road when operating in cars, but that experience translates to trucks.” Watching out for anything unusual on the roadside is part of Aurora’s pilot of linehaul logistics for FedEx in conjunction with Paccar Inc., one of its two truck manufacturing partners. The multiple weekly round trips cover about 450 miles on the mostly flat I-45 to Houston and back. Several times a week, FedEx drops fully loaded trailers at Aurora’s terminal about 27 miles south of Dallas; Peterbilt Model 579 tractors equipped with Aurora Driver take the goods to Houston and return. The company dressed up its functional buildings along the east side of I-45 for investors and analysts to see in late September. Aurora ( NASDAQ: AUR) completed a business combination Nov. 2 with a special purpose acquisition company led by investor and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. Aurora invited FreightWaves for a tour and ride on a portion of its FedEx route earlier this month. continues at freightwaves.com

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