Vay, a manufacturer of automotive quality driving technology, recently announced A strategic partnership with Kodiak Robotics to integrate Vay’s remote driving technology into the Kodiak autonomous technological battery. The partnership, announced on Wednesday, allows Kodiak’s assisted autonomy technology to remotely control driver -free trucks with a human operator for specific scenarios such as low -speed navigation via a human operator.
Assisted autonomy is part of the wider functionality of the Kodiak driver. Thanks to this collaboration, Kodiak has deployed Vay stations and software tools that allow low latency communications between stations and Kodiak driver vehicles.
“Assisted Autonomy offers Kodiak driver more flexibility to offer the freight of our customers in a wider range of locations and scenarios,” said Don Burnette, founder and CEO of Kodiak in a press release. “Regardless of the maturity of an autonomous driving system, there are still scenarios that will benefit from human aid, if only as a backup.”
Kodiak uses Vay’s technology as part of its autonomous Permian basin operations in western Texas and the east of New Mexico, where their driver-free trucks work. The technology used in low -speed operations in customer installations and complex interactions such as the interpretation of manual law enforcement signals.
“In the past year, Vay has proven user cases for remote driving – both in the B2C and B2B settings. The strategic partnership with Kodiak will extend the use of B2B to trucks,” said Thomas Von Dero, co -founder and CEO of Vay in the press release. “We are delighted to associate ourselves with Kodiak to help make trucking and delivery of freight freight and more efficient by marrying the value of human decision -making with autonomous operations.”
Vay stations allow real -time streaming of a 360 -degree view around Kodiak trucks. All assisted autonomy drivers hold commercial driving licenses and are undergoing rigorous training. The system uses several redundant communication protocols to ensure connectivity with trucks.
Torc is developing with a new engineering center in Michigan
The manufacturer of autonomous truck technology Torc Robotics announced on Tuesday the creation of a new engineering center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Strategic expansion aims to accelerate the business efforts to its 2027 marketing target while taking advantage of the robust automotive and technological talent basin in the region.
As part of this expansion, Torc collaborated with Michigan Economic Development Corporation to obtain incentives supporting its growth in the state. The company provides significant hiring to improve its technical capacities in the region.
“This strategic location is a natural adjustment for Torc while we continue to advance our autonomous technology,” said Jamie Swaim, head of the people of Torc A press release. “The proximity of Ann Arbor to the Automobile Industry of Detroit and a multitude of high -tech talents, combined with the exceptional concentration of universities and high caliber colleges, makes it an ideal environment for our growth and productivity strategy.”
The new installation of 32,000 square feet, in the northeast of Ann Arbor, will include several collaboration and equipment spaces in loop laboratories. The Center will host a diversified range of engineering roles, including experts in automatic learning, software, hardware and systems engineering, as well as engineering and safety engineering positions.
The installation of Ann Arbor De Torc completes its existing operations in Blacksburg, Virginie (head office), Austin, Texas, Montreal, Canada and in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
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