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In Extraordinary Video, Kodiak Shows What Happens When a Tire on Its Newest Autonomous Truck Blows Out

Written by Roberta Souza
Published on 13/12/2022 at 22:22
Updated on 13/12/2022 at 22:36
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In The Demonstration Made By Kodiak It Is Possible To See That The Autonomous Truck Stops Without Suffering Any Damage After Its Tire Blows Out

Over the years, more and more resources for the automotive industry have been growing, and this time, the novelty comes from Kodiak Robotics, which is leaving everyone in awe of what its semi-autonomous trucks are capable of doing. The company not only demonstrated in theory, but also showed in practice how autonomous braking and steering work for its new favorite, also revealing what happens when something goes wrong with the truck, in this case, a tire blowout, according to the website Auto Papo.uol.

In the recorded demonstration, Kodiak shows what happens when one of the tires of the Class 8 truck blows out at 56 km/h. Such an “accident” could only be avoided by a highly experienced driver, bringing the truck in with minimal damage to the vehicle’s body. That’s why Kodiak handed this function over to artificial intelligence, and this was the result:

WATCH THE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO SHOWING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A TIRE BLOWS OUT ON THE KODIAK TRUCK

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Spectacular Technology Seen In A Matter Of Milliseconds

According to the Kodiak video, the truck begins a process that consists of four steps, with the first being to quickly detect any occurrence and then brake and activate the hazard lights. All of this in a matter of seconds.

What can be seen is that in milliseconds, the truck manages to maintain the necessary steering to keep it in the lane it was moving while reducing speed until it stops. Something almost unthinkable for a normal driver.

“They are really difficult to control, and demonstrating our autonomous driver’s ability not only to recognize the explosion in a split second but also to be able to handle it safely is fundamental to launching autonomous vehicles,” said Kodiak’s Vice President of Policy, Jordan Coleman.

The scene recorded in the video took place on a private circuit, which is why the truck was in the middle lane. Kodiak claims that, in a real scenario, the truck is programmed to pull over to the shoulder.

Roberta Souza

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