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Platooning in the woods: Robotic Research and FPInnovations partner to adapt automated truck technology to challenging new settings | AV America
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Platooning in the woods: Robotic Research and FPInnovations partner to adapt automated truck technology to challenging new settings

Driverless truck technology is being adapted to double the amount of lumber one driver can transport from a harvesting site to a sawmill. The motivation? A critical shortage of drivers willing to take trucking jobs in remote regions of Canada.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardbishop1/2021/05/12/platooning-in-the-woods-robotic-research-and-fpinnovations-partner-to-adapt-automated-truck-technology-to-challenging-new-settings/?sh=79c00831165e