Otto · self-driving truck
Otto self-driving truck
Volvo VNL
A Volvo VNL tractor retrofitted by Otto, the self-driving truck start-up Uber bought in 2016. It carried about 2,000 cases of Budweiser along I-25 in Colorado while the driver sat in the sleeper berth.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- SupervisedHow it runs
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Its 20 October 2016 run from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs is widely cited as the first commercial delivery by a self-driving truck.
Real-world use
One highway run of about 120 miles on a pre-mapped stretch of I-25 with Colorado approval; a human drove the city legs.
Maker
OttoCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- I-25, Colorado (one run)
- Rides, miles or loads
- About 2,000 cases (51,744 cans) of beer over about 120 miles (Otto, October 2016)
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
From the maker
Otto self-driving truck (Volvo VNL) is the only vehicle from Otto (Uber) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Otto self-driving truck (Volvo VNL)Otto (Uber) |  Freightliner Inspiration TruckDaimler Trucks North AmericaSame jobs: freight, demonstration · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Waymo Via autonomous Class 8 truckWaymoSame job: freight · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Embark autonomous truck (Peterbilt 579)Embark TrucksSame job: freight · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
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| First shown | 2016-10-25 | 2015-05-05 | 2017 | 2017-02 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Discontinued | Discontinued |
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Sources
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