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

The Road to Autonomy

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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