Walmart has started using driverless trucks for its online grocery business (Michelle Cheng, Quartz)

On a seven mile route between a distribution center and a Walmart store in Arkansas, the retail giant is now operating autonomous trucks without a safety driver behind the wheel.

Two autonomous box trucks, provided by Gatik, an autonomous vehicle startup that focuses on logistics for the retail industry, haul customers orders from a Walmart distribution center that fulfills online orders to a retail store in Bentonville, Arkansas, where the retail company is headquartered. The goal of the fully driverless vehicles is to increase speed and responsiveness when carrying out e-commerce orders, according to a Walmart report on the project.

Marco Emanuele
Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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