Uber's acquisition of OTTO driverless trucks will be tested in Ohio, USA

According to foreign media reports, US Governor of Ohio John Kasich announced that starting today, the state will allow unmanned trucks to start testing on the road. Uber recently acquired OTTO, an unmanned truck manufacturer, and according to CBS News, the company plans to test on seven different roads in Ohio.

Uber's acquisition of OTTO driverless trucks will be tested in Ohio, USA

In October of this year, OTTO used its unmanned trucks to transport 50,000 bottles of Budweiser beer from Fort Collins, Colorado, to Kequan, 120 miles away. The driverless truck was converted from an 18-wheel semi-mounted Volvo truck equipped with two cameras for detecting road conditions, three lidar detection units, two of which are used to detect obstacles and The vehicle's infrared radar, a GPS sensor for vehicle tracking, has an overall cost of more than $30,000. The delivery of the driverless truck, Otto also received a reward of 470 US dollars, and during the driving process, the driverless truck can fully take over the driver's work, giving the driver time to process the work documents, view the mobile phone information .

In the future, OTTO's testing in Ohio will be used to continuously test and research unmanned trucks. Uber's unmanned car startup OTTO, which was acquired by Uber last year for $680 million, has only been on the road for a year, showing its confidence in ensuring security. "The development of driverless cars is to make the transportation industry safer because 94% of traffic accidents are caused by human factors," said Ron, founder of OTTO.

Ohio Governor Kasich hopes to provide strong support for the testing of unmanned trucks and said that the state's seasonal weather changes can provide a range of suitable driving conditions for unmanned truck testing. And through the establishment of cooperative relations with state auto companies and universities, jointly established a self-driving car research center.

At present, OTTO's driverless trucks have only two test routes, and one has been made public. The road will be Route 33 between Dublin and East Liberty, which is four lane kilometers and will be equipped with a driver in the car to prevent an emergency. At the same time, East Liberty is also the test center of the local transportation research institute.

The other OTTO test route is still uncertain, but according to Ohio Transportation Department spokesman Matt Bruning, it will be a toll road in the state, and speculation may be 241 miles between Chicago and the US East Coast. A section of toll road.

It is reported that in addition to supporting the testing of unmanned trucks, Ohio will install a light cable network and sensor system on the highways in the state starting in 2017 to facilitate the testing of more driverless vehicles in the future. .

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