Where Does Auto-Follower Platooning Fit Within The Driverless Truck Ecosystem?
In truck platooning circles, the idea has been around for a long time. Once you master a robust, safe system for close following of one human-driven truck behind another human-driven truck to start reaping fuel savings from drafting, why not take the next step and fully automate the follower truck(s) to create labor cost savings? This leverages the observant nature and intelligence of trained human drivers to enable a form of “supported driverless” in the early days of automated truck deployment.