A California-based self-driving big rig company is partnering with IKEA to bring freight deliveries from Houston to the Swedish retailer’s store in Frisco.
A California-based self-driving big rig company is partnering with IKEA to bring freight deliveries from a warehouse in Houston to the Swedish retailer's store in Frisco.
The roughly 300-mile pilot program has a semitruck equipped with Kodiak Robotics' autonomous driving system making daily trips since August. The trucks have human safety drivers on board, but they're being driven by the self-driving system from Kodiak. Kodiak's CEO, Don Burnette, says it's not about putting truck drivers out of business. Instead, he's aiming to make their lives easier.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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