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Canada in robot trucking vanguard, with one driverless semi already here

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If it’s daytime, odds are a lone box truck is cruising the streets between Toronto and Brampton, Ont., with no one behind the wheel. Bristling with more than two dozen cameras, radars and “lidar” — a laser-based measurement of distance — the vehicle ferries groceries daily from an automated Loblaw Cos. Ltd. warehouse at a supermarket in Etobicoke to its headquarters 25 kilometres west of the city. Sporting a purple logo, the truck is owned by Gatik Inc., an autonomous trucking firm based in California but with an office a 10-minute drive from the store.

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National Post

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Canada moving to the forefront of driverless trucking, with one autonomous rig already rolling

Several companies are vaulting Canada to the forefront of autonomous trucking, with self-driving vehicles powered by domestic tech already on the road.

3 hours ago·Canada

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Winnipeg Free Press

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Canada in robot trucking vanguard, with one driverless semi already here

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18 hours ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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Canada in robot trucking vanguard, with one driverless semi already here – 105.9 The Region

MONTREAL — If it’s daytime, odds are a lone box truck is cruising the streets between Toronto and Brampton, Ont., with no one behind the wheel. Bristling with more than two dozen cameras, radars and “lidar” — a laser-based measurement of distance — the vehicle ferries groceries daily from an automated Loblaw Cos. Ltd. warehouse at a supermarket in Etobicoke to its headquarters 25 kilometres west of the city. Sporting a purple logo, the truck is …

13 hours ago

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