Episode 225 | 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 Chapters0:00 How do you Build an Autonomous Truck04:47 The Idea Behind Daimler Trucks Autonomous Trucking Program8:34 The First Step in Building an Autonomous Truck11:33 Designing an Autonomous Truck15:37 Retrofitting18:07 Autonomous Ready Cascadia Propulsion & Reduncy Systems 31:20 Technicians and Maintenance34:37 When Do Mirrors Go Away?38:17 Sensor Suite44:26 Tesla Semi52:18 Future of Autonomous Trucking57:40 Key Takeaways --------About The Road to AutonomyThe Road to Autonomy® is a leading source of data, insight and commentary on autonomous vehicles/trucks and the emerging autonomy economy™.Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletter: https://www.roadtoautonomy.com/autonomy-economy/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.