IKEA Teams With Self-Driving Truck Startup Kodiak Robotics to Test Deliveries in Texas

Semitrucks equipped with Kodiak Robotics' prototype self-driving system will make deliveries from Houston to Dallas for IKEA.

Trucks equipped with Kodiak's self-driving system will make daily deliveries from a warehouse near Houston to an IKEA store near Dallas.Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics said that it has begun a pilot program with IKEA in Texas.

A semitruck equipped with Kodiak's autonomous driving system is making daily delivery runs from an IKEA warehouse near Houston to a store close to Dallas, roughly 300 miles away. The trucks have human safety drivers on board, but they're being driven by Kodiak's autonomous-driving system.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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