IKEA Driverless Trucks: Who Unloads a Wardrobe With No Driver?
From the BBN segment “IKEA to haul freight in driverless trucks in Texas”, cut down to under a minute.
The full story and the real reporting behind it (Fox News) →
From the BBN segment “IKEA to haul freight in driverless trucks in Texas”, cut down to under a minute.
The full story and the real reporting behind it (Fox News) →
What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: Fox News.
Dr. Nina ByteKodiak AI plans to haul IKEA freight on Texas highways with nobody in the cab, which is a sentence I did not expect to read over lunch.
Kenji MoonfieldA semi with no driver, carrying a whole living room. That's the future showing up in a flat box.
Dr. Nina ByteThe future has an open question about cybersecurity.
Dr. Nina ByteIf someone breaks into that software, an eighty-thousand-pound truck becomes a very large problem with no one inside to grab the wheel.
Kenji MoonfieldBut no driver means no bathroom breaks. The truck just goes.
Dr. Nina ByteAnd no one to sign for your wardrobe.
Kenji MoonfieldWait, who unloads it?
Dr. Nina ByteYou, Kenji, with the tiny wrench. Somehow, the truck is the only part of IKEA that arrives fully assembled.