World’s First “Driver Out“ Fully Autonomous Semi-Truck Operating on Open Public Roads | TuSimple

On December 22nd, TuSimple made history by becoming the first to successfully test a fully autonomous semi-truck on open public roads without a human in the vehicle and without human intervention. The run took place the evening of December 22nd and required TuSimple’s upfitted autonomous semi-truck to begin its journey from a large railyard in Tucson, Arizona, and travel more than 80 miles on surface streets and highways, safely arriving at a high-volume distribution center in the Phoenix metro area. Along the journey, TuSimple’s Autonomous Driving System (ADS) successfully navigated surface streets, traffic signals, on-ramps, off-ramps, emergency lane vehicles, and highway lane changes in open traffic while naturally interacting with other motorists. The following is a list of notable on-road events which demonstrate the maturity of TuSimple’s Autonomous Driving System (ADS): 1. Start - 0:40 2. Pedestrian - 4:27 3. W3 merge into highway - 4:58 4. Accept merge in - 8:34 5. Active changing to the right lan