Uber self-driving truck goes on beer run

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10/25/2016 at 15:19 • Filed to: tips, eastbound and down

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As its first act, a self-driving truck proved it could safely deliver the most precious of cargo: 51,000 cans of Budweiser.

Otto, the self-driving vehicle company owned by Uber, on Tuesday announced its prototype had successfully shipped suds from Fort Collins, Colo., to Colorado Springs. To “see” the road, the self-driving system used an array of cameras, radar, lidar and other sensors to follow other vehicles at a safe distance and keep it between the lines. Throughout the 120-mile journey, a professional driver chilled in the sleeper cabin in the back of the truck — you know, just in case.

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Kinja'd!!! Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer > leicester
10/25/2016 at 15:23

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Yes, driverless beer trucks...no one to stop a hijacking of 51,000 cans of beer....


Kinja'd!!! davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > leicester
10/25/2016 at 15:31

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Shouldn’t it have been Coors?


Kinja'd!!! AMGtech - now with more recalls! > leicester
10/25/2016 at 16:35

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Whoever called Budweiser precious has obviously never tasted it before.


Kinja'd!!! JRapp: now as good as new again > leicester
10/25/2016 at 16:41

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Literally the song/clip I thought of when I read the headline. Well done.


Kinja'd!!! gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > leicester
10/25/2016 at 17:06

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51,000 cans of Budweiser.

I thought you said it was a beer run?