Machines | Komatsu Autonomous Dump Truck
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The self-driving truck doesn’t really have a front or back. It can drive in either direction equally well thanks to four-wheel steering, which in turn means a strip mine doesn’t need to allocate space for one of the massive vehicles to turn around after each trip so a driver can see where they’re going. It can simply shuttle back and forth, reversing direction as needed. The latest version of its Autonomous Haulage System dump truck, however, was designed from the ground up to be completely autonomous. As you can see, there’s no longer a driver’s cab. In fact, aside from the direction the dumping bed raises, the self-driving truck doesn’t really have a front or back. It can drive in either direction equally well thanks to four-wheel steering, which in turn means a strip mine doesn’t need to allocate space for one of the massive vehicles to turn around after each trip so a driver can see where they’re going. It can simply shuttle back and forth, reversing direction as needed. The other advantage to being able to operate in either direction is that Komatsu was able to design the new autonomous truck so that weight was evenly distributed between all four wheels, allowing it to maximize its payload—over 250 tons—which in turn means less trips back and forth to be emptied. Visit our website for more videos and articles. http://www.dpccars.com/
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Awesome! no more whiney drivers that break machines to deal with
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I already hate the future already
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só serve para acabar com mão de obra local estas porcaria de tecnologia.
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Pretty cool. But man - just kill off all the employment for humans why don't cha!
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Apparently they have already added autonomous operation to a site down in Chile. This is coming from a Komatsu representative that comes to our plant. It's a fine idea seems like. But look at the operators that now have to go and look for a job in an area that doesn't have many jobs available to begin with. Which in turn, means higher unemployment rate, higher taxes and not to mention a higher poverty rate for those that can't find a job in a struggling economy. Let that sink in.
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Whata you goin to do with a jobless drivers????
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Fantastic idea but those antennas need relocating, they wont last the week out...
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I'm surprise to not see some sort of bed liner in the body of the truck. No rubber or something like, say a composite rubber with silica ceramic or even CBN?
Also, the independent suspension is certainly good for a F1 racing car, but has proven very expensive, either at first cost, and especially at maintenance cost, compared to the old faithful solid axle. Beside, dual steering axle are notoriously unstable at high speed in straight line (depending of what you consider high speed, say +50 km/h). -
What is the distance the remote can reach and where are the controllers for these awesome trucks or are they programmed to the layout of a working area?
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Would the remote control feature of this be hackable? Since modern cars can be hacked what's to keep some nutjob from taking one of these through a crowd or w/e. But awesome hauler though
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Rise of the machines anyone.
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Which mine site is this?
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This is as bad *ss as it can be!