Electronics specialist NVIDIA is working with freight truck maker PACCAR on developing solutions for autonomous commercial vehicles.
The collaboration was shared by NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang during his keynote at the Bosch Connected World conference in Berlin. Separately, he provided details of NVIDIA's partnership with Bosch, the world's largest automotive supplier, on self-driving car technology.
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"This is probably the largest single mass of a product that we've helped make," said Huang, addressing a crowd of more than 2,000 executives, developers and others attending the event.
PACCAR CEO Ron Armstrong, said: "PACCAR is exploring automated driving systems and we are excited about what our collaboration on artificial intelligence with NVIDIA has delivered so far."
PACCAR – which manufactures the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF lines of trucks – says it has developed a proof-of-concept self-driving truck with SAE Level 4 capability built on NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2 technology, trained on deep neural networks. Level 4 capability is defined as a system that drives itself.
During his keynote, Huang showcased a video of a PACCAR semi-tractor trailer driving on a closed-course, handling a wide range of situations without a driver behind the wheel. The solution will improve driver productivity, enhance transportation efficiency and increase safety, it is claimed.
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By GlobalDataThe video noted the massive potential size of the market for self-driving trucks. There are currently 300 million trucks worldwide, driving over 1.2 trillion miles annually.
