Companies like Tesla, Uber, Cruise, and Waymo promise a future where cars are essentially mobile robots that can take us anywhere with a few taps on a smartphone. But a new category of vehicles is about to overtake self-driving cars in that leap into the future. Autonomous trucks have been quietly making just as much, if not more, progress toward commercial deployment, and their impact on the transportation of goods will no doubt be profound.

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机器人卡车超越机器人汽车：今年，卡车将在无人驾驶的情况下在公共道路上自动驾驶


特斯拉、Uber、Cruise 和 Waymo 等公司承诺，未来汽车本质上是移动机器人，只需在智能手机上轻点几下，就可以带我们去任何地方。但在向未来的飞跃中，一种新型车辆即将取代自动驾驶汽车。自动卡车在商业部署方面也悄然取得了同样多甚至更多的进展，它们对货物运输的影响无疑将是深远的。