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Home » If I only had a brain?
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If I only had a brain?

Think it takes a human to deal with a flat tire? Self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics thinks otherwise.

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December 9, 2022
DC Velocity Staff
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Flump, flump, flump, flump. Whether you’re a professional truck driver or just a regular motorist, you’ve likely experienced that classic driver’s headache, the flat tire. When you get a flat, you know what to do: pull over into the breakdown lane, activate your hazard lights, and carefully step out of the vehicle to deal with the damage.

But what if you didn’t have a brain? Or more precisely, what if the vehicle with the flat didn’t even have a driver? 

While that scenario might be the stuff of nightmares, one company says the fears are misplaced. Kodiak Robotics Inc., a self-driving trucking company, says its Kodiak Driver autonomous driving system “knows” exactly what to do in the case of a flat or blowout. In fact, the company claims its system can handle tire blowouts better than the average human driver, maintaining complete control of the truck—even in situations where a human might lose control—and bringing the vehicle safely to a stop.

To support its claim, Kodiak released a video of a test run in which a Class 8 truck rolls over a giant spike, popping one of its two front “steer” tires. Although the tire is destroyed, the Kodiak Driver stays in control and slows the truck to a safe stop, all without human intervention. 

“People ask us all the time ‘What happens if you blow a tire,’ and we wanted to showcase how the Kodiak Driver can maintain control more precisely than a traditional truck, even with a completely destroyed tire,” Don Burnette, Kodiak’s founder and CEO, said in a release. “We can’t control the hazards trucks will face on the open road, but we can control how the trucks behave when a critical situation occurs. By demonstrating that the Kodiak Driver can maintain complete control under such duress, we’re showing the world just how safe this technology is designed to be.”

Transportation Trucking Autonomous Trucks
KEYWORDS Kodiak Robotics
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