Hiya Kodiak!. I joined Kodiak to work on self-driving… | by David Silver | Self-Driving Vehicles | Could, 2022

I joined Kodiak to work on self-driving vehicles!

I’m so excited to be right here 😊 🚛 Final week was my begin, and I’m already using alongside within the truck and kicking off tasks on new and thrilling issues.

Kodiak has quietly been constructing a powerful operation tackling center mile freight transportation, one of many largest and most conducive markets for autonomy.

My staff covers planning, controls, and simulation, and so they’ve been constructing impressively!

I’m having fun with observing the similarities and variations between self-driving vehicles and self-driving vehicles. At a excessive degree, the planning, controls, and simulation duties are fairly comparable throughout industries, however the particulars create distinctions.

For instance, Kodiak vehicles function totally on controlled-access highways, which makes lane boundaries extra salient and reduces a number of the complexity inherent in city driving.

Then again, Kodiak vehicles journey at freeway speeds, a lot sooner than self-driving vehicles in city environments. This modifications the time and distance horizons for the whole autonomy stack — notion, prediction, planning, and controls.

I’ll write extra concerning the work right here within the coming weeks. Within the meantime, Kodiak has a nice weblog with insights about our newest tasks.

Lastly, Kodiak is hiring like loopy! We should always rent you! Work on self-driving vehicles with me.

Ship me an e-mail proper now to [email protected] with “Work At Kodiak” within the topic line. I’ll discover a job for you!