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Episode 225 | Daimler Truck's Approach to Developing Autonomous Trucks
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Episode 225 | Daimler Truck's Approach to Developing Autonomous Trucks

The Road to Autonomy · The Road to Autonomy

September 10, 202459m 35s

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Show Notes

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


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