Autonomous Trucks
The trucking industry and government are among entities highly interested in development of software-defined sensing technology, says Andrew Nelson, vice president of trucking at AEye, Inc.Everyone needs to see what’s ahead as they walk or drive, and with enough detail and granularity to determine whether the object viewed is dangerous. If anyone requires that kind of visibility, it’s a truck driver heading down the road at 60-plus miles per hour. Is the object ahead a harmless plastic bag, or something that could blow a tire? Software-defined sensing, currently being evaluated by the trucking industry, could answer that question for the driver, says Nelson. The technology would certainly be useful to autonomous trucks barreling down the highway, Nelson says.