Robo Beer Run: Self-Driving Truck Delivers Budweiser
Nothing conveys a gathering to a sudden end like coming up short on alcohol. Indeed, instead of asking your assigned driver to go on a lager run, you might have the capacity to approach a self-driving truck to keep the ice chest supplied. A self-driving truck, created by the Uber-claimed startup Otto, as of late made the principal self-governing business conveyance by driving 120 miles (200 kilometers) crosswise over Colorado to convey 2,000 instances of Budweiser lager. On Oct. 20, the truck withdrew the Anheuser-Busch office in Loveland, Colorado, and drove itself on Interstate 25 through Denver — nearby customary auto activity — to Colorado Springs. As indicated by Otto, a prepared driver was in the truck at all times, yet never needed to mediate for the whole 120-mile extend of interstate. [Photos: The Robotic Evolution of Self-Driving Cars] Travis Kalanick, Uber's CEO, has said he imagines a future in which transportation will include both driver-controlled and dr...