Driverless Trucks Already Being Tested; 3 Million Truck Drivers To Lose Their Job

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  • EmM HoLLa.
    EmM HoLLa. Members Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Link?.. Did you get this from a reputable source?..
  • vagrant-718
    vagrant-718 Members Posts: 4,569 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As technology evolves then you as a worker should evolve as well.

    It's not that simple. Technology evolving the way it is has reduced the available jobs to do. That's a big problem given that the popualtion is increasing.

    Im just saying if im a truck driver and i see this article im going to take heed and learn a new skill that will put me ahead. maybe I'll learn about ai and computing or managing infrastructure, anything but sit there and be ass out when the time come for them to lay me off
  • MECCA1000
    MECCA1000 Members Posts: 2,756 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Article makes it seem like this is bout to happen tomorrow ...... are those trucks going to be able to back up into loading docks .....I'm pretty sure that the delivery spot will have to be outfitted with technology to help these trucks ......our highways will have to be equipped to guide the trucks ......companies are going to have to replace trucks ......this sounds costly .....only big companies will be able to jump on this ......not the smaller ones who don't have disposable cash

    Furniture movers are safe
  • konceptjones
    konceptjones Guests, Members, Writer, Content Producer Posts: 13,139 ✭✭✭✭✭
    caddo man wrote: »
    They will still have people ride in them. It will be like trains.

    DID YOU READ THE ARTICLE?THEY DRIVE BY THEMSELVES WITH NO ONE IN IT.

    So are the trucks going to unload themselves? At the destination maybe someone inside the truck can or people at the place may do it.

    If this concept prevents accidents on the road then great. Truck drivers drive tons of miles and can fall asleep.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wngL0BnF_4

    http://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/article/frito_lay_and_wynright_put_robots_on_the_docks
    ... The new Wynright Robot Truck Unloader or RTU is the newest member of the loading dock crew. Robotics Tomorrow reports the “Wynright RTU is ideal for boxes, bales, containers, tires and a variety of other products. One of the first of its kind for materials handling, it is a self-guided, autonomous robot that can be used to unload a wide range of floor-loaded products on semi-truck trailers or ocean freight containers.
    rtu

    “The Wynright RTU’s advanced perception technology allows it to navigate into the trailer or container and sense its surroundings, as well as the size and shape of cases or even irregular products. It then unloads them onto a telescoping 24V motor driven roller conveyor to transfer product back into the warehouse or distribution center.”

    “We have used different robot suppliers, but Motoman was willing to allow us to integrate their software with Rockwell’s, which we feel is a tremendous benefit,” explains Tim Criswell, divisional president of Wynright Robotics. “This enables us to use Rockwell’s ControlLogix PLC for the entire operation, rather than needing a separate dedicated controller for the robot.”

    The RTU is mounted on a three-wheeled triangular base with two wheels in the front, which are driven by Allen-Bradley servos to control direction and speed.

    In addition to brawn and never tiring out, the Wynright RTU has additional skills well suited to life on a loading dock.

    The machine can automatically scan barcodes as it removes cases from an 18-wheeler; it can track the weights and sizes of cases; it has a bypass process to handle odd-sized cases; and a paging system to alert operators when errors occur.
  • The Lonious Monk
    The Lonious Monk Members Posts: 26,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As technology evolves then you as a worker should evolve as well.

    It's not that simple. Technology evolving the way it is has reduced the available jobs to do. That's a big problem given that the popualtion is increasing.

    Im just saying if im a truck driver and i see this article im going to take heed and learn a new skill that will put me ahead. maybe I'll learn about ai and computing or managing infrastructure, anything but sit there and be ass out when the time come for them to lay me off

    How many truck drivers have you met? How many of them do you think can switch from driving trucks to computing?
  • ChillaDaGawd
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    More than meets the eye
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  • BobOblah
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    It'll crash and ? people before that many people lose jobs
  • MD_PROPER
    MD_PROPER Members Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cold world...

    Are they hybrids?
    If not, whose going to fuel these trucks while out on the road?

  • kzzl
    kzzl Members Posts: 7,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2016
    Eliminating the human element of OTR could probably double the profits of companies. Which is one of the main hindrances these companies face, so it ain't hard to imagine it catching on.

    I don't know about 3 million truck drivers, but truck drivers, truck stop employees, weight stations, truck washers, truck manufactures, company terminals, diesel mechanics, hotels, porn stores, and other businesses that eat off that road life will have to adapt. And a lot of people are gonna lose their jobs.
  • Bussy_Getta
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    I wouldn't feel comfortable driving around that thing.
  • dallas' 4 eva
    dallas' 4 eva Members Posts: 11,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
    T. Sanford wrote: »
    All them highway hookers that them truck drivers smash are about to be out of a job too

    Lot Lizards.... we called them lot lizards.
  • T. Sanford
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    edited April 2016
  • Olorun22
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    As technology evolves then you as a worker should evolve as well.

    It's not that simple. Technology evolving the way it is has reduced the available jobs to do. That's a big problem given that the popualtion is increasing.

    Im just saying if im a truck driver and i see this article im going to take heed and learn a new skill that will put me ahead. maybe I'll learn about ai and computing or managing infrastructure, anything but sit there and be ass out when the time come for them to lay me off

    How many truck drivers have you met? How many of them do you think can switch from driving trucks to computing?

    Me I'm about to learn how to code
  • The Lonious Monk
    The Lonious Monk Members Posts: 26,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
    En-Fuego22 wrote: »

    Me I'm about to learn how to code

    Good luck. Coding isn't so bad depending on what language you're learning.

    I still don't think your average trucker can just up and transfer to a highly skilled field.
  • JokerzWyld
    JokerzWyld Members Posts: 5,483 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Google is working on an automated driving system also. It is still going to take time to tweet the technology though. If it were to happen it would probably take even more time for the change over.

    The drivers will eventually be replaced, but their will be need for operators, mechanics, technicians, software developers, IT Security Specialists, Etc. hopefully training will be offered for truck drivers to integrate into new fields.
  • nujerz84
    nujerz84 Members Posts: 15,418 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Simpsons again predicted this ?

    https://youtu.be/wT9m25jXC2o
  • caddo man
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    caddo man wrote: »
    They will still have people ride in them. It will be like trains.

    DID YOU READ THE ARTICLE?THEY DRIVE BY THEMSELVES WITH NO ONE IN IT.

    Trains drive themselves, Humans only check in at stops and make sure brakes and speed is applied in certain spots. Most accidents happen when humans take over control. My pops was an engineer for 30 years at Union Pacific.

    Legislation is currently setup to all autonomous vehicle have to have a human at the helm. It is not going to change in the future.
  • its....JOHN B
    its....JOHN B Members Posts: 19,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe FedEx or UPS drivers who travel terminal to terminal or Walmart drivers and big corporations like that that travel store to store have to worry but that's it
  • rapmusic
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    Optimus Prime! He bout to ? some ? up!
  • LPast
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    usmarin3 wrote: »
    Let me know when Brinks got the driver less truck.

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    Lol, by the time driverless Brinks trucks are available you won't dare to rob them...

    ? will self-destruct with you in it lol...
  • konceptjones
    konceptjones Guests, Members, Writer, Content Producer Posts: 13,139 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2016
    caddo man wrote: »
    caddo man wrote: »
    They will still have people ride in them. It will be like trains.

    DID YOU READ THE ARTICLE?THEY DRIVE BY THEMSELVES WITH NO ONE IN IT.

    Trains drive themselves, Humans only check in at stops and make sure brakes and speed is applied in certain spots. Most accidents happen when humans take over control.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bv-W-66IEAEpSha.jpg

    Legislation is currently setup to all autonomous vehicle have to have a human at the helm. It is not going to change in the future.

    My pops was an engineer with CSX for about 25 years. In fact right after he passed this happened:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSX_8888_incident

    Everybody that knew my pops said he was just taking a train out for one last ride.