Daimler Truck’s Approach to Developing Autonomous Trucks
Sumanoharan Narayanan, Director of Engineering, Automated Technology Group, Daimler Trucks North America joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss the development of the autonomous-ready Freightliner Cascadia.
Episode Chapters
- 0:00 How do you Build an Autonomous Truck
- 04:47 The Idea Behind Daimler Trucks Autonomous Trucking Program
- 8:34 The First Step in Building an Autonomous Truck
- 11:33 Designing an Autonomous Truck
- 15:37 Retrofitting
- 18:07 Autonomous Ready Cascadia Propulsion & Reduncy Systems
- 31:20 Technicians and Maintenance
- 34:37 When Do Mirrors Go Away?
- 38:17 Sensor Suite
- 44:26 Tesla Semi
- 52:18 Future of Autonomous Trucking
- 57:40 Key Takeaways
