New Company Uses AI to Train Autonomous Trucks [Video] – Equipment

January 25, 2023

It’s recently appeared that self-driving trucks are not going to be hauling freight down the road without a driver as quickly as some developers and investors had expected. But startup tech company Waabi says its AI-focused approach will allow it to commercialize the technology faster.

HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge talks to Waabi’s Dustin Koehl, a former fleet manager and HDT Emerging Leader, about how the company’s approach differs and why they call themselves the next generation of autonomous trucks.

Note: In the interview, Koehl hints of a big OEM announcement. Since our interview, Volvo Group Venture Capital announced an investment in Waabi Innovation Inc.

In This Episode:

Has autonomous-truck development hit a wall?
Using AI to train Waabi Driver
Where is Waabi in the development process?
Working with truck makers
Will autonomous trucks put drivers out of work?
Path to commercialization
What needs to happen for self-driving trucks to become an everyday reality in logistics?